Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
Sent from:
Boyton, Wiltshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Liverpool, Lancashire
Summary:
Has been excavating tumuli near Stonehenge with Sir Richard Hoare, research for Hoare's "History of Ancient Wiltshire". His "Girald Cambren" ["Giraldus de Barri"] to be published next winter. Hoare's is "the largest private library" he ever saw, including an unnamed book with an excellent figure of papyrus growing in Sicily. Unsurprised by Smith's comments on [Richard] Salisbury, has "long thought him to belong to the tribe of Ishmael". Pleased with [William George] Maton's work but disappointed he does not mention the Linnaean collections or present state of botany ["A general view of the writings of Linnaeus"]. Will send Smith a list of his herbarium. Wants [William Fitt] Drake to see if there are many duplicate specimens of 'Fosteria' in Forster's herbarium. Arrival of [William] Roxburgh who has brought seed collections. Received live plants and seeds from Dr [Thomas] Dancer [(c 1750-1811) island botanist of Jamaica] including 'Cinchona caribaea', believes this to be first raised in England. States that his 'Ochroma' are now one of "the most magnificent botanical sites in the kingdom". Disappointed Smith is not visiting this summer.
Letter date:
1 Aug 1805
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.85
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 18 Sep [1805] |
| Related Material | Hoare, R C, (1812-1821). "The ancient history of South [and North] Wiltshire." London : W. Miller; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available in British Library.
Hoare, R C (tr.), (1806). "The itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales, A.D. MCLXXXVIII / by Giraldus de Barri ; translated into English, and illustrated with views, annotations, and a life of Giraldus, by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart." London, Printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer, 1806; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available in British Library.
Pulteney, R, Linnaeus, C, and Maton, W G, (1805). "A general view of the writings of Linnaeus." London: J. Mawman (printer: R. Taylor and co.), 2nd ed. |
| 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. |
