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GB-110/JES/COR/5/27
Title
Nicholas Gwyn, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
17 May 1789
Author(s)
Nicholas Gwyn 1710-1798
Number of Pages
1-2
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GB-110/JES/COR/5/27 from Nicholas Gwyn, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith (17 May 1789)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/5/27 from Nicholas Gwyn, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith (17 May 1789) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Gwyn, Nicholas
Sent from:
Ipswich, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Introduces Lawton and Hasell who would like to see the Linnaean collections, recommending to show them table 11 of "Philosophia Botanica" and the method in which Smith keeps the specimens, and 'Vallisneria' and 'Nepenthes distillatoria', asks Smith to assist their access to Kew Gardens. Dr de Ramm will visit Smith in London. Remarks Smith has not yet got any cabinets for his "Conchylia". Has received shells from Mrs Jones "but most of them trash". Asks Smith to introduce [John] Sibthorp and [Joseph Franz] Jacquin to him in Ipswich. Thanks for opinion on 'Lupinus portegrifolius'. At Kew asks Smith to show Lawton and Hasell 'Geum montanum' and "flore aureo" of the Alps.
Letter date:
17 May 1789
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
5.53
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 12 Jun [1789] |
| 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. |
