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GB-110/JES/COR/25/3
Title
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Palermo, [Sicily], to Sir James Edward Smith, London
Letter date
20 May 1816
Author(s)
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque 1783-1840
Number of Pages
35
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GB-110/JES/COR/25/3 from Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Palermo, [Sicily], to Sir James Edward Smith, London (20 May 1816)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel
Sent from:
Palermo, Sicily
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Encloses an address [extant]. He has sent his “critical observations on some errors of Pursh” by another conveyance. Death of Dr Bery Barton, a member of the Linnean Society. Collecting a new herbarium, currently has 3000 specimens of 150 species. Hopes to be an occasional correspondent with Smith.
“Circular address on Botany and Zoology; followed by the prospectus of two periodical works: Annals of Nature and Somiology of North America. By C S Rafinesque” [33 pp].
Letter date:
20 May 1816
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
25.14
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| 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. |
