Sir Joseph Banks, Revesby Abbey, [Revesby, Lincolnshire], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/1/78
Title Sir Joseph Banks, Revesby Abbey, [Revesby, Lincolnshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 24 Sep 1807
Author(s) Sir Joseph, baronet Banks 1743-1820
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/1/78 from Sir Joseph Banks, Revesby Abbey, [Revesby, Lincolnshire], to James Edward Smith (24 September 1807)

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Item Type: Document
From: Banks, Sir Joseph
Sent from: Revesby, Lincolnshire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Unable to give Mr Patterson any information regarding the state of George III's flock of merino sheep. Had recommended to the King [George III (1738-1820)] for a ram to be sold for 25 guineas, a "fine wooled sheep". The King's flock of the negretti strain of Spain, "finer than the original flock". One ram castrated this year because of a few "king hairs" in his wool but has not had one other sheep that did not pass the judgement of the wool-stapler, who annually examines each sheep.

Letter date: 24 Sep 1807
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 1.135
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Note typeNote
Related MaterialFor Banks letter of 24 July 1809 announcing his resignation of charge of the merino flock, see JES/COR/1/84.
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.