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GB-110/JES/COR/21/52
Title
Arthur Bruce, Head of the Pleasance, [Edinburgh], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
28 Dec 1801
Author(s)
Arthur Bruce 1726-1805
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/21/52 from Arthur Bruce, Head of the Pleasance, [Edinburgh], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (28 December 1801)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/21/52 from Arthur Bruce, Head of the Pleasance, [Edinburgh], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (28 December 1801) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Bruce, Arthur
Sent from:
Edinburgh
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Communicated Smith's favourable opinion on [James] Playfair [(1738-1819), Church of Scotland minister] experiments on honey bees and drones to Playfair; further details of this, including frustrations of establishing experimental hive. Charles Morse very agreeable young man. His and Smith's opinions of war and peace accord. Health of McKay, Dr Rutherford, and Dr Waltner. Industry of [George] Don; if Sir Joseph Banks gave him £100 a year he would make many more discoveries.
Letter date:
28 Dec 1801
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.9
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. |
