Francis Buchanan to James Edward Smith

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Ref No 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 typeNote
Finding AidsDawson, 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 MaterialFor 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.
CopiesTranscript available from Linnean Society Library.