Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/1/88
Title Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 12 Dec 1812
Author(s) Sir Joseph, baronet Banks 1743-1820
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/1/88 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (12 December 1812)

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Item Type: Document
From: Banks, Sir Joseph
Sent from: London
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Will always receive those friends Smith recommends to him. Would be glad for the "turkey treaty" to begin again. [Sir William Jackson] Hooker has settled his affairs with respect to his ill-fated voyage to Ceylon. [Robert] Brown and [William Townsend] Aiton working on "Hortus Kewensis".

Letter date: 12 Dec 1812
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 1.15
Additional Information:
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Related MaterialAiton, W T, (1814). "An epitome of the second edition of Hortus Kewensis ... to which is added, a selection of esculent vegetables and fruits cultivated in the Royal Gardens at Kew..." London: Longman.
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.