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GB-110/JES/COR/1/50
Title
Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, chez Monsieur Menier Oriani, Astronome Royal, Milan, [Italy]
Letter date
11 May 1787
Author(s)
Sir Joseph, baronet Banks 1743-1820
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/1/50 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, chez Monsieur Menier Oriani, Astronome Royal, Milan, [Italy] (11 May 1787)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/1/50 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, chez Monsieur Menier Oriani, Astronome Royal, Milan, [Italy] (11 May 1787) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Banks, Sir Joseph
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Milan, Italy
Summary:
Confusion over Stelarzani business, following letters from [Giovanni Antonio] Scopoli and Seraphin Volta. [Charles Louis] L'Héritier [de Brutelle] is in England being difficult with specimens. Value of [Olof] Swartz's herbarium, "the best botanist [Banks] has seen since dear Solander's death". Appointments at the British Museum and comments on Richard Penneck, Keeper of the Reading Room. Proceedings at the Royal Society; an account from [Sir Frederick William] Herschel of volcanoes burning on the moon.
Letter date:
11 May 1787
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
1.81
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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 5 Jul [1787] |
