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GB-110/JES/AM/80
Title
James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Alexander Macleay
Letter date
30 Oct 1812
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/AM/80 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Alexander Macleay (30 October 1812)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/AM/80 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Alexander Macleay (30 October 1812) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Macleay, Alexander
Summary:
Congratulates Macleay on the recovery of his daughter's health. Encloses paper received in a packet for Linnean Society. He is so "very pressed" by Rees' "Cyclopedia" and third part of "Florae Graecae prodromus" he is unable to do anything else, and has cancelled a trip to Holkham [Hall, home of Thomas William Coke]. William Smith to sleep here tonight after his election victory, "not so much that of a party man as a good man", both Norwich members now FLS [other member Charles Harvey].
Thanks [William George] Maton for prescription of "powdered chamomile flowers" for his autumnal headaches.
Letter date:
30 Oct 1812
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
Sm/M'L 80
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Rees, A (comp.) et al, (1819-1820). "The cyclopædia, or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature." London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. Sibthorp, J, and Smith, J E, (1806-1813). "Florae Graecae prodromus: sive plantarum omnium enumeratio, quas in provinciis aut insulis Graeciae invenit Johannes Sibthorp... Characteres et synonyma omnium cum annotationibus elaboravit Jacobus Edvardus Smith." Londinum: [printer:] Taylor. |
| Finding Aids | Correspondence-Smith/McLeay handlist, Linnean Society. |
