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GB-110/JES/COR/2/81
Title
James Brodie, London, to James Edward Smith
Letter date
31 Mar 1801
Author(s)
James Brodie 1744-1824
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/81 from James Brodie, London, to James Edward Smith (31 March 1801)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Brodie, James
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
A friend of Smith's desire for rearing birds from eggs and the known difficulties of transporting ptarmigan eggs for this purpose, will endeavour to procure some but recommends that they should travel by sea. At a loss as to how to procure black game [black grouse] for Smith as it is now so scarce in Scotland but recalls seeing "immense flocks" near Morpeth, Northumberland, in 1770.
Letter date:
31 Mar 1801
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.138
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 9 Aug [1801] |
| 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 procuring ptarmigan eggs, see JES/COR/2/82; JES/COR/2/83; JES/COR/2/84; JES/COR/2/85. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, pp.83-84. |
