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GB-110/JES/COR/2/148
Title
Francis Hamilton, Leny, [Stirling], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
5 Nov 1825
Author(s)
Francis Hamilton 1762-1829
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/148 from Francis Hamilton, Leny, [Stirling], to Sir James Edward Smith (5 November 1825)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/148 from Francis Hamilton, Leny, [Stirling], to Sir James Edward Smith (5 November 1825) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Hamilton, Francis
Sent from:
Leny, Stirling
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Thanks for third volume of "English Botany" although so engrossed with Indian plants unsure when he will focus on British plants again. Will send a copy of his commentary on the eighth part of the "Hortus Malabaricus", is making progress with copying the ninth part and writing the tenth, envisages the whole being completed in another year. Sends a copy of his "Indian Genealogies" for Smith's friend. Explains why he has used Latin instead of English botanical terms in his commentary. Outraged by the "monstrous innovations and unnecessary slang" lately introduced into the Linnaean language and the improper manner in which new names are being manufactured. Will soon see [William James] Hooker in Glasgow.
Letter date:
5 Nov 1825
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.251
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Copies | Transcript 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. |
| Related Material | For further discussion of "Genealogies of the Hindus" see JES/COR/2/139-141. For further disucssion of the Hortus Malabaricus and Herbarium Ambionense commentaries see JES/COR/2/143-147; 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. Smith, J E, Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London. Hamilton, F, (1819). "Genealogies of the Hindus" Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, 2 vols; 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. |
