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GB-110/JES/COR/25/87
Title
Sir George Thomas Staunton, Canton, [China], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
5 May 1801
Author(s)
Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd baronet 1781-1859
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/25/87 from Sir George Thomas Staunton, Canton, [China], to James Edward Smith (5 May 1801)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/25/87 from Sir George Thomas Staunton, Canton, [China], to James Edward Smith (5 May 1801) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Staunton, Sir George Thomas
Sent from:
Canton, China
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Having being requested by Government General of Bengal to gather informtion on the cultivation of cotton in China, he met with the subject at considerable length in a Chinese work, which has been translated and is now enclosed as a paper for the Linnean Society [see RelatedMaterial below].
Letter date:
5 May 1801
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
25.181
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| UNSPECIFIED | Staunton, G L, (n.d.). Extract from a Chinese botanical work entitled Kiun Fung up [Chinese character title] Volume 10th, page 177-185 on the character, culture and uses of the Annual Herbaceous Cotton. Read 6/7/1802. |
| UNSPECIFIED | 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. |
