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GB-110/JES/COR/2/58
Title
Francis Boott, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
20 Jul 1818
Author(s)
Francis Boott 1792-1863
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/58 from Francis Boott, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 July 1818)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/58 from Francis Boott, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 July 1818) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Boott, Francis
Sent from:
Derby, Derbyshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Directions for various parcels for Smith to forward. Reviews [Jacob] Bigelow's "Medical Botany". Invites Smith to visit on his way to Liverpool. Fears he may have been "very presumptuous" with Lady Smith in "thinking so highly of Byron". Planning to ask Sir Joseph Banks to introduce Bigelow as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Letter date:
20 Jul 1818
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.99
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Bigelow, J, "American medical botany", 3 vols, Boston: Cummings (1817-1820). |
| 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. |
