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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/2/57
Title
Francis Boott, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
27 Jun 1818
Author(s)
Francis Boott 1792-1863
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/57 from Francis Boott, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith (27 June 1818)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/57 from Francis Boott, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith (27 June 1818) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Boott, Francis
Sent from:
Derby, Derbyshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Has been reading some of Smith's papers, awed by his industry. Will shortly visit Smith in Norwich before going onto Paris with his brother. Has received a letter from Sir Joseph Banks, who thinks the "snake" is the same as that which visited the coast last autumn.
Letter date:
27 Jun 1818
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.96
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 21 June 1818, see JES/COR/2/56. |
