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GB-110/JES/COR/5/19
Title
Johann Gottlieb Groschke, Mitau [Jelgava], Latvia, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
10 Mar 1791
Author(s)
Johann Gottlieb Groschke 1760-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/5/19 from Johann Gottlieb Groschke, Mitau [Jelgava], Latvia, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (10 March 1791)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/5/19 from Johann Gottlieb Groschke, Mitau [Jelgava], Latvia, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (10 March 1791) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Groschke, Johann Gottlieb
Sent from:
Latvia
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Thanks for Linnean Society diploma. Has a professorship and is Court Physician to the Duke, has little time for natural history. Flora of Courland does not exceed 700 plants of which there are few rare ones although the fauna is more interesting, especially migratory birds nesting in the forests and swamps. Description of the country, including geology and agriculture. Requests seeds of unspecified trees, shrubs and plants and any useful German publications that Smith would know from Sir Joseph Banks extensive channel of works and periodical papers.
Letter date:
10 Mar 1791
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
5.41
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| 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. |
