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GB-110/JES/COR/2/143 from Francis Hamilton, Leny, near Callander, [Stirling], to Sir James Edward Smith (23 July 1820)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/143 from Francis Hamilton, Leny, near Callander, [Stirling], to Sir James Edward Smith (23 July 1820) Close
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Having looked over the specimens obtained from India House has come to the conclusion that the most scientifically useful purpose would be to publish a commentaries on the "Hortus Malabaricus" and "Flora Amboinensis", details how he would go about this. Will start immediately if suitable for publication in "Linnean Transactions", with a supplement of the drawings from Mysore left with Smith and from Ava, Burma, given to Sir Joseph Banks. Drawings of 'Scitamineae' and Orchides have been lost by the Marquees of Hastings [Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings (1754-1826) Governor-General of India, 1813-1823]. Requests Smith's opinion on this and whether it should be published all in Latin, or the commentary in English and the descriptive parts in Latin, as [Robert] Brown did in his treatise on the compositae in volume 12 of "Linnean Transactions".
| Note type | Note |
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| Related Material | For further discussion of confiscation of Hamilton's collections see JES/COR/2/136-138; JES/COR/2/141-142; JES/COR/2/145. For further disucssion of the Hortus Malabaricus and Herbarium Ambionense commentaries see JES/COR/2/144-148; and Mabberley, D J, Hamilton, F, 'Francis Hamilton's Commentaries with Particular Reference to Meliaceae', "Taxon", 1977 26(5/6), pp.523-540; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. Brown, R, 'Some Observations on the natural Family of Plants called Compositae', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1818 12(1), pp.76-142. Hamilton, F, 'A Commentary on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part I', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1822 13(2), pp.474-560. Hamilton, F, 'A Commentary on the Second Part of the Hortus Malabaricus', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1824 14(2), pp.171-312. Hamilton, F, 'A Commentary on the Third Part of the Hortus Malabaricus', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1827 15(1), pp.78-152. Hamilton, F, 'A Commentary on the Fourth Part of the Hortus Malabaricus', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1835 17(2), pp.147-252. |
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 26 Aug [1820] |
