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GB-110/JES/COR/2/128
Title
Francis Buchanan to James Edward Smith
Letter date
17 Jul [1806]
Author(s)
Francis Hamilton 1762-1829
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/128 from Francis Buchanan to James Edward Smith (17 July 1806)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Hamilton, Francis
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Shall probably accompany the new Governor-General [Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751-1814)] to India. Pleased with commencement of his Nepalese flora in "the exotic plants" [probably "Exotic Botany"] but notes the incorrect spelling of his name. Asks Smith for [Amelia] Hume's assistance in soliciting [Jacob] Bosanquet [a director of East India Company] to forward his views on India.
Letter date:
17 Jul [1806]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.215
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 | For further discussion of Hamilton's Nepalese herbarium and flora see JES/COR/2/126-127; JES/COR/2/137-138. For further on the Humes' involvement with Buchanan see JES/COR/2/129-131; JES/COR/5/92-93. Smith, J E, (1804-1805). "Exotic botany" London: J. Sowerby. |
| Copies | Transcript available from Linnean Society Library. |
