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GB-110/JES/COR/2/134
Title
Francis Buchanan, Gopalpur, [India], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
17 Nov 1813
Author(s)
Francis Hamilton 1762-1829
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/134 from Francis Buchanan, Gopalpur, [India], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (17 November 1813)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/134 from Francis Buchanan, Gopalpur, [India], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (17 November 1813) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Hamilton, Francis
Sent from:
Gopalpur, India
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Received Smith's letter of 7 May. Remarks on Indian weather and seasons. Has visited Agra and Allahabad. Now in the Gorakhpur district, where he plans to finish his survey, followed by a short trip to Hurdwar and then returning to England via Calcutta next year. Has been collecting the flowers of 'Scitamineae' orchids and 'asclepiades' in spirits as dried specimens are not satisfactory and the want of an appropriate terminology prevents a full description. His collection is large and various, eager to show Smith so as to have a new terminology for fructification developed. Concerned its bulkiness will result in high duties but hopeful of meeting with a Lord of the Treasury as obliging as the Marquess of Blandford was on the last occasion.
Letter date:
17 Nov 1813
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.224
Additional Information:
Note type | Note |
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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. |
Copies | Transcript available from Linnean Society Library. |