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GB-110/JES/COR/24/19
Title
Archibald Menzies, 6 Chapel Place, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
12 Feb 1808
Author(s)
Archibald Menzies 1754-1842
Number of Pages
5
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GB-110/JES/COR/24/19 from Archibald Menzies, 6 Chapel Place, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (12 February 1808)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/24/19 from Archibald Menzies, 6 Chapel Place, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (12 February 1808) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Menzies, Archibald
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks for copy of Smith's "Introduction to Botany". Comments on error on page 263 regarding a 'Liliaceous' plant found by him on north-west coast of America, encloses note [extant] written by [Richard] Salisbury in margin of Sir Joseph Banks' copy of book stating same, offers to send the drawings and descriptions for Smith to reexamine.
Letter date:
12 Feb 1808
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
24.36
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 4 Mar [1808] |
| 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. |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman. |
