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GB-110/JES/COR/4/20
Title
Hugh Davies, Beaumares, Anglesea, to James Edward Smith
Letter date
13 Feb 1802
Author(s)
Hugh Davies 1739-1821
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/4/20 from Hugh Davies, Beaumares, Anglesea, to James Edward Smith (13 February 1802)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Davies, Hugh
Sent from:
Beaumares, Anglesea
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Thanks Smith for the "monument" erected to his memory [genus 'Daviesia'], asks to be able to pay for at least one of the engravings in whatever work it appears. Approves of Smith adopting [Johann] Hedwig's principles for ascertaining new genera. Encloses all the specimens that [William] Hudson attributes to him, except 'Bryum cirrhatum', has made obserbervations on the outer package of each.
Letter date:
13 Feb 1802
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
4.29
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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 | Smith, J E, 'The Characters of Twenty New Genera of Plants', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1798 4(1), pp.213-223. |
