Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Sowerby, James
Summary:
Sends 9 more drawings for "Flora Graeca" and 4 drawings to finish present volume of "English botany"; a "melancholy feeling" at finishing that work. Informed by David Booth George Don's death from putrid sore throat; his family left in poverty; has collected money for them; the family wish to sell the plants in his garden before they are dug up, asks for advice from [James] Dickson and the Andersons; Dawson Turner "very bountiful as usual, to this poor family". [William Jackson] Hooker to be married to Turner's eldest daughter [Maria Sarah (1797-1872)].
[Draft of letter in Sowerby's hand]: relates Don's death and plight of family and seeks recommendations for the family to sell the plants.
[Notes in pencil]: sums of money collected by Smith for Mrs Don.
Letter date:
3 Feb 1814
Languages:
English
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Related Material | Sibthorp, J, (1806-1837). "Flora Graeca", London: Taylor.
Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London. |
