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GB-110/JES/COR/1/63
Title
Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
9 Dec 1798
Author(s)
Sir Joseph, baronet Banks 1743-1820
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/1/63 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith (9 December 1798)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/1/63 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith (9 December 1798) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Banks, Sir Joseph
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Has received a letter from [Pierre Marie Auguste] Broussonet in Tangier, [Morocco], and forwarded to Smith a parcel of specimens collected in Barbary by Broussonet. Is sending a collector to New South Wales, asks for any papers from "Linnean Transactions" on plants of the area. Has received letters from [Friedrich Conrad] Hornemann, who was intending to set out for the interior of Africa on 12 September, following difficulties with the French. Thanks Mrs Smith for turkeys.
Letter date:
9 Dec 1798
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
1.106
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 11 [Dec 1798] |
