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GB-110/JES/COR/1/80
Title
Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
15 Dec 1807
Author(s)
Sir Joseph, baronet Banks 1743-1820
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/1/80 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith (15 December 1807)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Banks, Sir Joseph
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Assures Smith that he does not think ill of him if they differ in opinion. Relates a series of experiments with peach, cherry and pear trees for investigating [William] Forsyth's claim for regenerating old trees with his "plaster", at the request of George III. Asks whether in the Norfolk dialect a turkey's nest is called her "rip".
Letter date:
15 Dec 1807
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
1.138
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Smith's reply of 18 December 1807, see JES/COR/1/81. For Banks and Smith on Forsyth, see letters JES/COR/1/79 and JES/COR/1/81. |
| 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 19 [Dec 1807] |
