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GB-110/JES/COR/2/10
Title
John Baldwin, Inglethorpe Grange, near Skipton, Yorkshire, to Sir James Edward Smith, London
Letter date
31 Jul 1819
Author(s)
John Baldwin 1810-1819
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/10 from John Baldwin, Inglethorpe Grange, near Skipton, Yorkshire, to Sir James Edward Smith, London (31 July 1819)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/10 from John Baldwin, Inglethorpe Grange, near Skipton, Yorkshire, to Sir James Edward Smith, London (31 July 1819) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Baldwin, John
Sent from:
Skipton, Yorkshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Has made his own experiments on growth of wood similar to those of [Jean-Baptiste] Du Hamel as described by Smith in "Introduction to Botany" and offers one to the Linnean Society. Also offers a specimen of petrified moss.
Letter date:
31 Jul 1819
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.17
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. |
| Related Material | For further mention of specimens in Baldwin's letter of 2 November 1819, see JES/COR/2/11. Smith, J E, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman. |
| Additional | Smith replied 22 Sep [1819] |
