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GB-110/JES/COR/5/85
Title
David Hosack, New York, to Sir James Edward Smith, London
Letter date
14 Nov 1826
Author(s)
David Hosack 1769-1835
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/5/85 from David Hosack, New York, to Sir James Edward Smith, London (14 November 1826)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/5/85 from David Hosack, New York, to Sir James Edward Smith, London (14 November 1826) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Hosack, David
Sent from:
New York
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Introduces Charles [Lucien] Bonaparte, [2nd] Prince of [Canino and] Musignano [(1803-1857)], who has been residing in the United States studying natural history. Bonaparte has updated [Alexander] Wilson's ["American Ornithology"] and collected an extensive collection of American insects. Asks that he be made a member of the Linnean Society. Has received third volume of Smith's ["English flora"] including copy for "Lyceum of Natural History".
Letter date:
14 Nov 1826
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
5.163
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 | Wilson, A, and Bonaparte, C L, (1831). "American ornithology; or the natural history of the birds of the United States. By Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucian Bonaparte. Edited by Robert Jameson... (Memoir of Alexander Wilson. [By] W.M.H.) [i.e. W M Hetherington.]." Edinburgh: Constable. Smith, J E, Hooker, W J, Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman. |
