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GB-110/JES/COR/21/18
Title
John Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London
Letter date
7 May 1794
Author(s)
John Brand 1743-1808
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/21/18 from John Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London (7 May 1794)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/21/18 from John Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London (7 May 1794) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Brand, John
Sent from:
Wyckham Skeith, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Asks Smith's advice regarding making a deal with a London bookseller [to sell copies of his translation of "Amoenitates Academicae"]; desires an interview with Smith when in London and to see his "superb museum". Has applied to become one of the "Jackalls" to [William] Kirby, "the lion of entomologists".
Letter date:
7 May 1794
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.39
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 9 [May 1794] |
| 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. |
| Related Material | Linnaeus, C, and Brand, J, (tr.), (1781). "Select dissertations from the Amoenitates Academicae, a supplement to Mr Stillingfleet's tracts relating to natural history ... Volume 1." London: G. Robinson & J. Robson. |
