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GB-110/JES/COR/1/56
Title
Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
15 Feb 1796
Author(s)
Sir Joseph, baronet Banks 1743-1820
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/1/56 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (15 February 1796)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/1/56 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (15 February 1796) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Banks, Sir Joseph
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Details of [John] Sibthorp's will: provision for publishing his "Flora Graeca" in ten volumes each containing 100 plates, and when the work is finished the produce of the estate to be applied to the establishment of a professorship of Rural Economy at Oxford University when certain conditions are met. Discussion of candidates for professorship at Oxford. The "miraculous field" near Norwich.
Letter date:
15 Feb 1796
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
1.95
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For further discussion of the "fertile field" in Banks letter to Smith of 3 January 1796, see JES/COR/1/54. Sibthorp, J, (1806-1837). "Flora Graeca", London: Taylor. |
| 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. |
