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GB-110/JES/COR/23/85
Title
Rebecca Lee, Chorley, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Thorpe, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
20 Sep 1821
Author(s)
Rebecca Lee
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/23/85 from Rebecca Lee, Chorley, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Thorpe, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 September 1821)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/23/85 from Rebecca Lee, Chorley, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Thorpe, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 September 1821) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Lee, Rebecca
Sent from:
Chorley, Lancashire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks for copy of Smith's "Grammar of Botany". Her sisters have been "cultivating the taste" Smith's Birmingham lectures have excited. Asks after Smith's "English flora". Comments on large rainfall in Lancashire. Hopes Smith will visit Warwickshire soon.
Letter date:
20 Sep 1821
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
23.161
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1821). "A grammar of botany, illustrative of artificial, as well as natural, classification, with an explanation of Jussieu's system." London: Longman. Smith, J E, Hooker, W J, and Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman. |
| 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. |
