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GB-110/JES/COR/2/145
Title
Francis Hamilton, Edinburgh, to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
19 Mar 1821
Author(s)
Francis Hamilton 1762-1829
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/145 from Francis Hamilton, Edinburgh, to Sir James Edward Smith (19 March 1821)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Hamilton, Francis
Sent from:
Edinburgh
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sends the first part of his commentary on the "Hortus Malabaricus", if suitable for "Linnean Transactions" will forward the rest. The Wernerian Society in Edinburgh will print a similar commentary on the "Herbarium Amboinense". Arranging the dried plants he brought from India according to the Linnaean method and compiling an index, explains his methodology. Reports the progress of the commentary, having reached 'Hexandria' and already has 900 species. Would like to discuss with Smith what to do with specimen duplicates. Has sent an account of his botanical work in India to the Royal Society of Edinburgh which will form an introduction to his commentaries. Requests berries of the 'Viscum'.
Letter date:
19 Mar 1821
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.246
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Copies | Transcript available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Additional | Smith replied 13 Apr [1821] |
| Related Material | For further discussion of confiscation of Hamilton's collections see JES/COR/2/136-138; JES/COR/2/141-143. For further disucssion of the Hortus Malabaricus and Herbarium Ambionense commentaries see JES/COR/2/143-144; JES/COR/2/146-148; 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. 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. Hamilton, F, 'Commentary on the Herbarium Ambionense', "Memoirs of the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh", 1826 5(2), pp.307-383; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. Hamilton, F, 'Commentary on the Second Book of the Herbarium Ambionense', "Memoirs of the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh", 1832 5(2), pp.268-333; 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. |
