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GB-110/JES/COR/20/109
Title
Francis Boott, London, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
5 Dec 1816
Author(s)
Francis Boott 1792-1863
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/20/109 from Francis Boott, London, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (5 December 1816)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/20/109 from Francis Boott, London, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (5 December 1816) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Boott, Francis
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Sending plants from Jacob Bigelow by coach. Introduces himself; brother of the Mr Boott who has occasionally transmitted plants to Smith; will be resident in Britain for 2 to 3 years, during which he will devote himself to botany in his free time so as to be useful in this area on return to USA; would like to establish correspondence with interested people though admits Bigelow the most knowledgeable on American flora. He has left the 'Salicorna' and bark at Sir Joseph Banks'.
Brought a "very superior" collection of drawings of fungi by Mrs [Lucy] Hardcastle [(fl 1760s-1830s] to Banks'; believes some are new species.
Letter date:
5 Dec 1816
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
20.177
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
