Sir Joseph Banks to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/1/58
Title Sir Joseph Banks to James Edward Smith
Letter date 27 Feb 1797
Author(s) Sir Joseph, baronet Banks 1743-1820
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/1/58 from Sir Joseph Banks to James Edward Smith (27 February 1797)

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Item Type: Document
From: Banks, Sir Joseph
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Double geraniums given to Lady Banks by Lady Charlotte Murray [(1754–1808), sister of 4th Duke of Atholl], and discussion of who to credit the discovery to, to the best advantage of the "study of botany". Compliments Mrs Smith on turkeys.

Letter date: 27 Feb 1797
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 1.101
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsDawson, 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.