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GB-110/JES/COR/23/75
Title
John Latham, Dartford, [Kent], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
8 Feb 1795
Author(s)
John Latham 1740-1837
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/23/75 from John Latham, Dartford, [Kent], to James Edward Smith (8 February 1795)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/23/75 from John Latham, Dartford, [Kent], to James Edward Smith (8 February 1795) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Latham, John
Sent from:
Dartford, Kent
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Hopes to send Smith plates needed to make up his set of "[General] synopsis of birds", requests copy of Smith's "Tour of the continent" and "English botany". Does not dare venture beyond indigenous plants. Offers to forward letters for Smith to Dr Reich, Willdenow, and [Johann Christian Daniel von] Schreber [(1739-1810), physician and botanist].
Letter date:
8 Feb 1795
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
23.146
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 12 [Feb 1795] |
| Related Material | Latham, J, (1781-1785). "A general synopsis of birds." London: White. Smith, J E, (1793). "A sketch of a tour on the Continent in the years 1786 and 1787" London. Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London. |
| 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. |
