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GB-110/JES/COR/2/137
Title
Francis Buchanan, Edinburgh, to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
23 Apr 1816
Author(s)
Francis Hamilton 1762-1829
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/137 from Francis Buchanan, Edinburgh, to Sir James Edward Smith (23 April 1816)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Hamilton, Francis
Sent from:
Edinburgh
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Received Smith's letter of 13 February. Wishes Smith success with his Cambridge professorship candidature. Unable to attend his own admittance to the Linnean Society as he is currently detained in Scotland buying land. Disgusted by the Court of the East India Company who have detained his materials. Preparing an account of the fish of the Ganges despite Lord Moira [Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings (1754-1826) 1st Marquess of Hastings] having detained 144 of his drawings. When finished with this he will require the descriptions and drawings of Nepalese plants in order to have them published. Shall now reside near Callander.
Letter date:
23 Apr 1816
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.23
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Copies | Transcript available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Additional | Smith replied 2 Nov [1816] |
| Related Material | For further discussion of Hamilton's Nepalese herbarium and flora see JES/COR/2/126-128; JES/COR/2/138. For further discussion of confiscation of Hamilton's collections see JES/COR/2/136; JES/COR/2/138; JES/COR/2/141-143; JES/COR/2/145. Hamilton, F, (1822). "An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches" Edinburgh: Constable. |
| 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. |
