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GB-110/JES/COR/6/86
Title
Aylmer Bourke Lambert, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
1 Feb 1816
Author(s)
Aylmer Bourke Lambert 1761-1842
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/86 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (1 February 1816)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/6/86 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (1 February 1816) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks for turkey. [Augustin Pyramus] de Candolle is in England and intends to visit Smith. Asks if Smith has seen [Edward Daniel] Clarke's new volume and Beeston's "account of St Helena". Professor [Christen] Smith [(1785-1816)] of Christiana returned from an eight month expedition to Canary Islands, has given Lambert duplicates of his whole collection, includes a 'Pinus' similar to 'Pinus pinaster', describes differences, mentioned in [Alexander von] Humboldt's first volume of "Travels". Recently stayed at Lord Blandford's [George Spencer-Churchill], his home Whiteknights, [Reading, Berkshire], the "1st of the kind in Europe".
Letter date:
1 Feb 1816
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.164
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 6 [Feb 1816] |
| 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 | For letter from De Candolle sent whilst visiting, see JES/COR/3/30. Clarke, E D, (1810-1823). "Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa" London, 6 vols; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available from Natural History Museum Library. |
