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GB-110/JES/COR/2/139
Title
Francis Hamilton, Leny, [Stirling], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
7 Nov 1818
Author(s)
Francis Hamilton 1762-1829
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/139 from Francis Hamilton, Leny, [Stirling], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (7 November 1818)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/139 from Francis Hamilton, Leny, [Stirling], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (7 November 1818) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Hamilton, Francis
Sent from:
Leny, Stirling
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Happy about Smith's intention to publish a Mantissa, believes it should take precedence over translating "Flora Britannica" into English and would be the work on which "any lasting reputation must depend". Pleased to send Smith a copy of his "Hindu Genealogies". Preparing memoirs for different maps drawn by natives of Ava, Burma, to be published in the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. His manuscript of the Gangetic fishes with the publisher. Took the name Hamilton in order to succeed to the estate of Bardowie. Wishes to procure everything that is likely to be naturalised in a narrow wooded glen and which does not already grow in Scotland.
Letter date:
7 Nov 1818
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.237
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Copies | Transcript available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Related Material | For further discussion of "fish of the Ganges" book see JES/COR/2/124-125; JES/COR/2/140. For further discussion of "Genealogies of the Hindus" see JES/COR/2/140-141; JES/COR/2/148. Hamilton, F, (1822). "An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches" Edinburgh: Constable. Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. Hamilton, F, (1819). "Genealogies of the Hindus" Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, 2 vols; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. Hamilton, F, 'Account of a Map of the Countries subject to the King of Ava, drawn by a Slave of the King's Eldest Son', "Edinburgh Philosophical Journal", 1820 2(3) pp.89-95; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. |
| 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. |
