Francis Boott, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/2/61
Title Francis Boott, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 12 Nov 1819
Author(s) Francis Boott 1792-1863
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/2/61 from Francis Boott, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (12 November 1819)

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Item Type: Document
From: Boott, Francis
Sent from: Boston, Massachusetts
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Sending a few plants from America but has been prevented from collecting more, promises to send more in future years. Enquires after Lady Smith's mother, news of his own mother, "subdued by grief"by the death of his father, equating her to poetry of Byron.

Letter date: 12 Nov 1819
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 2.105
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsDawson, 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.