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GB-110/JES/COR/23/90
Title
George Legge, Sandwell, Birmingham, [Warwickshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
23 Jul 1798
Author(s)
George, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth Legge 1755-1810
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/23/90 from George Legge, Sandwell, Birmingham, [Warwickshire], to James Edward Smith (23 July 1798)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/23/90 from George Legge, Sandwell, Birmingham, [Warwickshire], to James Edward Smith (23 July 1798) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Legge, George
Sent from:
Birmingham, Warwickshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Thanks for the two packets of seeds and letter; when he sold his property at Hayes he left his plant collection there, and is now renting a residence at Mortlake, [Surrey], on the banks of the Thames. Has given the seeds to Lady Aylesford [Louisa Finch, wife of Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford (1751-1812)]; whilst visiting saw her "Hortus Pictus" of British plants, including 50 in her own hand; also saw Mr Griffiths, the cryptogamist of Snowdon, who brough 'Subularia acquatica'. The only new plant he has found in the summer is 'Serapias latifolia'.
Sorry not to see Smith during his Norfolk expedition. Asks after "Linnean Transactions" vol 4.
Letter date:
23 Jul 1798
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
23.168
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. |
