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GB-110/JES/COR/4/34
Title
Hugh Davies, Beaumares, Anglesea, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk
Letter date
26 Aug 1820
Author(s)
Hugh Davies 1739-1821
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/4/34 from Hugh Davies, Beaumares, Anglesea, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk (26 August 1820)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/4/34 from Hugh Davies, Beaumares, Anglesea, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk (26 August 1820) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Davies, Hugh
Sent from:
Beaumares, Anglesea
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Suffering from gout in all his limbs and the "various satellites of old age". Enquires after progress of Smith's "British Flora in English". Asks if Smith has seen his "Welsh Botanography", lists recommended pages. Asks Smith to read the Preface and advise on worth of adding the British or Welsh name to each subject in Smith's work, as [Thomas] Johnson [(c 1600-1644) apothecary] attempted in his edition of [John] Gerard's [(1545-1612) barber-surgeon] ["Herball"] and John Davies' [(c 1567-1644) Welsh lexicographer] "Dictionarium Duplex". A new habitat for 'Serapis ensifolia', found in flower, in May, on Snowdon.
Letter date:
26 Aug 1820
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
4.56
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, Hooker, W J, Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman. Davies, H, (1813). "Welsh botanology" London: [privately]. Gerard, J, Johnson, T, (1636). "The herball or general history of plants" 3rd ed., London: Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitaker. Davies, J, (1632). "Antiquae linguae Britannicae" London; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Additional | Smith replied 18 Sep [1820] |
