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GB-110/JES/COR/6/56
Title
Aylmer Bourke Lambert, London, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
4 Jan 1808
Author(s)
Aylmer Bourke Lambert 1761-1842
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/56 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, London, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (4 January 1808)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/6/56 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, London, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (4 January 1808) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Stayed last week at Beckenham Park with [John Barwell] Cator who has recently inherited the estates of his uncle [John Cator (1728-1806)], who was married to [Peter] Collinson's [(1694-1768)] daughter, [Mary]. Collinson's books and manuscripts there, including last edition of [Philip] Miller's "Dictionary" full of Collinson's observations, intends to publish them. Received "fine China drawings" from Lady de Clifford. Plans to send Smith his just finished "suppl[ement]".
Letter date:
4 Jan 1808
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.107
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 13 [Jan 1808] |
| Related Material | Miller, P, (1768). "The gardeners dictionary ... Eighth edition ... unpaged." London: the Author. Lambert, A B, 'Notes relating to Botany, collected from the Manuscripts of the late Peter Collinson, Esq., F.R.S., and communicated by Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq., F.R.S. and A.S., V.P.L.S.', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1810 10(2), pp.270-282. |
| 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. |
