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GB-110/JES/COR/2/96
Title
Robert Brown, Gerrard Street, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
1 Dec 1813
Author(s)
Robert Brown 1773-1858
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/96 from Robert Brown, Gerrard Street, [London], to James Edward Smith (1 December 1813)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Brown, Robert
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sends handwritten extract from "Mem. de l'Institut", 1807 4, on [Étienne Pierre] Ventenat's genus 'Poiretia'. His name 'Hovea' is after the Polish traveller Anthony Pantaleon Hove, a friend of William [Townsend] Aiton who has collected for Sir Joseph Banks' herbarium. Hopes Smith has a productive visit to Holkham, [Norfolk, home of Thomas William Coke]. [William Elford] Leach to succeed the late [George] Shaw at the British Museum. Banks in good health but has lost the use of his legs.
Letter date:
1 Dec 1813
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.157
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 | Smith, J E, 'Characters of Platylobium, Bossiaea, and of a new Genus named Poiretia', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1808 9(1), pp.301-306. |
