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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/2/56
Title
Francis Boott, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
21 Jun 1818
Author(s)
Francis Boott 1792-1863
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/56 from Francis Boott, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith (21 June 1818)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/56 from Francis Boott, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith (21 June 1818) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Boott, Francis
Sent from:
Derby, Derbyshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Smith's canvassing for Cambridge professorship. Will shortly visit Smith in Norwich if the Norfolk election is not contested. [Jacob] Bigelow and his possible elections to Royal Society and Linnean Society. A "large serpent" has appeared in the sea "again", although changed enough in appearence for no notice to be taken of the "lumps upon his back" and with a head 14 feet long, relates remarks from Bigelow who compares it to a serpent that appeared off Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Explains how he came to miss Smith the last time he was in London.
Letter date:
21 Jun 1818
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.97
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 discussion of the "serpent" in Boott's letter of 27 June 1818, see JES/COR/2/57. |
