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GB-110/JES/COR/24/8
Title
Thomas Martyn, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
20 Sep 1797
Author(s)
Thomas Martyn 1735-1825
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/24/8 from Thomas Martyn, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 September 1797)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/24/8 from Thomas Martyn, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 September 1797) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Martyn, Thomas
Sent from:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks for Smith's memoir on Ferns [published by Turin Academy]. Mortified by Dr [Robert John] Thornton's [(c 1768-1837), physician and writer on botany] rejection by Linnean Society; intends to propose him again, and if unsuccessful again will propose a change to the rules to reflect those of Royal Society. Concerned by "strong tendency" in Soho Square [home of Sir Joseph Banks] "to throw ridicule upon all persons and proceedings, except a certain set".
Letter date:
20 Sep 1797
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
24.16
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. |
