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GB-110/JES/COR/2/99
Title
Robert Brown, Gerrard Street, Soho, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith, Liverpool, [Lancashire]
Letter date
14 Aug 1818
Author(s)
Robert Brown 1773-1858
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/99 from Robert Brown, Gerrard Street, Soho, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith, Liverpool, [Lancashire] (14 August 1818)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/99 from Robert Brown, Gerrard Street, Soho, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith, Liverpool, [Lancashire] (14 August 1818) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Brown, Robert
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Liverpool, Lancashire
Summary:
Sending to Norwich a box of books including [Charles Athanase] Walckenaer's "Memoires des Abeilles Solitaires"; [Kurt] Sprengel's "Species umbelli ferarum minus cognitae"; a parcel from [Olof] Swartz; seeds, possibly Indian; a parcel from Vienna containing ninth and tenth fasicules of [Joseph Franz von] Jacquin's "Eclogae"; [Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin's] "Collectanea" and "Synopsis Stapeliarum"; and a letter from [Brownlow North], Bishop of Winchester, containing flowers of a 'yucca'. [Alexander] Macleay has just left for Scotland for two months. Question on presentation of two plates for Smith's article on 'Rhizomorpha medullaris' in "Linnean Transactions". Sir Joseph Banks is well.
Letter date:
14 Aug 1818
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.163
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Walckenaer, C A B, (1817). "Memoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des Abeilles solitaires qui composent le genre Halicte" Paris: Didot. Jacquin, J F F, (1811-1816). "Eclogae plantarum rariorum aut minus cognitarum" Vindobona. Jacquin, N J F, (1786-1796). "Collectanea ad botanicam, chemiam, et historiam naturalem spectantia" Vindobona: Wappler. Sprengel, K, (1818). "Species umbelli ferarum minus cognita", Hala; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. Jacquin, N J F, (1816). "Synopsis Stapeliarum", Vienna; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. Smith, J E, 'An Account of Rhizomorpha medullaris', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1819 12(2), pp.372-374. |
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replies 23 [Aug 1818] |
