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GB-110/JES/COR/2/60
Title
Francis Boott, London, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
16 Mar 1819
Author(s)
Francis Boott 1792-1863
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/60 from Francis Boott, London, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (16 March 1819)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/60 from Francis Boott, London, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (16 March 1819) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Boott, Francis
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Has returned from Paris. Comments on Lady Smith's "practical defense" of Smith's cause in the Cambridge dispute. Is sending part 10 of [Alexander von] Humboldt and [Aimé Bonpland's] "Nova genera". Wants introductions to [Thomas William] Coke for Mr Williams, an American friend, brother of Samuel Williams of Finsbury Square, "the greatest banker from America in Europe", and Mr Paine, a cousin of Williams. Elected FLS.
Letter date:
16 Mar 1819
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.103
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Humboldt, F H A, Bonpland, A J A, (1815-1825) (1811-1833), "Nova genera et species plantarum" Paris: Librairie Grecque-Latine-Allemande; Schoell. |
| 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. |
