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GB-110/JES/COR/5/94
Title
Amelia Hume, Abergavenny, [Gwent], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
13 Aug [1808]
Author(s)
Amelia Hume 1751-1809
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/5/94 from Amelia Hume, Abergavenny, [Gwent], to James Edward Smith (13 August 1808)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/5/94 from Amelia Hume, Abergavenny, [Gwent], to James Edward Smith (13 August 1808) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Hume, Amelia
Sent from:
Abergavenny, Gwent
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
At the end of their tour of Wales, "nowhere human industry adds so much to the attractions of fine rivers & fine mountains". Sending "the most beautiful little fungus I ever saw"[Smith has annotated underneath: "'Ag[aricus] androsaceus' JES"] found by river Wye. Hopes [James] Mean [(fl 1810s-1820s) gardener to Sir Abraham Hume at Wormleybury] has sent Smith the 'Uvaria'. Hope to visit [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert on their journey home.
Letter date:
13 Aug [1808]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
5.181
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. |
