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GB-110/JES/COR/25/61
Title
William Sole, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
20 Jul 1798
Author(s)
William Sole 1741-1802
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/25/61 from William Sole, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 July 1798)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/25/61 from William Sole, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 July 1798) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Sole, William
Sent from:
Bath, Somerset
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Sending copies of his book ["Menthae Britannicae"] for Smith and [John] Pitchford; welcomes any observations. Unfortunately he received Smith's kind letter of previous year too late for him to alter any names. Hopes the mints ['Mentha'] he sent Smith are growing well; state of his own. Has sent for the Linnean Society's book of specimens to adjust and rectify them according to his new arrangements; alterations to names of his own collection of dried mints he previously sent Smith.
Comments on price of his book, a "rather hazardous publication". Defends his plates against accusations that they are only varities, insisting that they are permanent varities, having kept their distinction for 25 years.
Letter date:
20 Jul 1798
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
25.138
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. |
| Related Material | Sole, W, (1798). "Menthae Britannicae: being a new botanical arrangement of all the British mints..." Bath: [printer:] Cruttwell. |
