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GB-110/JES/COR/2/97
Title
Robert Brown, Gerrard Street, Soho, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
14 Dec 1816
Author(s)
Robert Brown 1773-1858
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/97 from Robert Brown, Gerrard Street, Soho, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (14 December 1816)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/97 from Robert Brown, Gerrard Street, Soho, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (14 December 1816) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Brown, Robert
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks Smith for the new Compendium. Had a successful trip to Paris and met all the principal botanists except [Charles-François Brisseau de] Mirbel and [Christiaan Hendrik] Persoon. [René Louiche] Desfontaines and [André] Thouin enquired after Smith's health and [Antoine Laurent de] Jussieu is preparing a second edition of his "Genera". Papers on 'Sarancenia' and 'Lycopodium' not read. Sir Joseph Banks in good health. Sending Dunal's "two works on 'Solanum'", an American edition of Smith's "Introduction to Botany" and will separately forward specimens of 'Salicornia'.
Letter date:
14 Dec 1816
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.159
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, Bigelow, J (ed.), (1814). "An introduction to physiological and systematical botany" Boston: Bradford. Dunal, M F, (1813). "Histoire naturelle, medicale et economique des Solanum" Paris: Koenig. Dunal, M F, (1816). "Solanorum generumque affinium synopsis, seu Solanorum historiae" Monspelii: Renaud. |
