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GB-110/JES/COR/5/74
Title
Georg Franz Hoffmann, Göttingen, [Germany], to James Edward Smith, Hammersmith, [Middlesex]
Letter date
30 Sep 1795
Author(s)
Georg Franz Hoffmann 1760-1826
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/5/74 from Georg Franz Hoffmann, Göttingen, [Germany], to James Edward Smith, Hammersmith, [Middlesex] (30 September 1795)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/5/74 from Georg Franz Hoffmann, Göttingen, [Germany], to James Edward Smith, Hammersmith, [Middlesex] (30 September 1795) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Hoffmann, Georg Franz
Sent from:
Göttingen, Germany
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Hammersmith, Middlesex
Summary:
Received packet of Smith's publications and collection of New Holland [Australian] plants, particularly pleased with "Icones pictae plantarum" and "Tour on the Continent", would like to translate latter into German. Pleased with [John Blachford] who is staying with him after Smith's introducing him, teaching him botany whilst [Johann Friedrich] Blumenbach teaches him "chineralogy", hopes he will become "a Lightfoot for Ireland". Has heard from Dr Harrison that Smith is engaged in a new "Systema Vegetibilum". Shall send Smith his "Plant. Veg. Subterran." as soon as it appears. Thanks for election as FMLS.
Letter date:
30 Sep 1795
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
5.139
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For letter from Blachford of 11 July 1795 to Smith requesting introductions in Europe, see JES/COR/20/103. Smith, J E, (1790). "Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae auctore Jacobo Edvardo Smith. - Coloured figures of rare plants ..." London: [privately]. Smith, J E, (1793). "A sketch of a tour on the Continent in the years 1786 and 1787" London. |
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 29 Oct [1795] |
