Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Boyton House, [Wiltshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/6/92
Title Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Boyton House, [Wiltshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk
Letter date 6 Sep 1822
Author(s) Aylmer Bourke Lambert 1761-1842
Number of Pages 6

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GB-110/JES/COR/6/92 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Boyton House, [Wiltshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk (6 September 1822)

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Item Type: Document
From: Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
Sent from: Boyton, Wiltshire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Up to four hundred visitors from England and the continent a day visiting Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, [home of William Beckford (1760-1844)]. When he visited Fonthill with Sir Richard Hoare and [Daniel] Lysons [(1762-1834)] there were four hundred carriages and horses. Duke of Wellington [Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)], Sir Abraham Hume and Mr Cust have also visited Fonthill. Received plants from [William] Jack [(1795-1822)] described in his "Malay[an] Miscellanies" including three new species of 'Nepenthes'. Received Brazilian plants Dr [John] Sims [(1749-1831)]. Received a 'Arbutus laurifolia' from Mexico. Purchased [Franz Wilhelm] Sieber's [(1789-1844)] Cretan, Egyptian, and Holy Land plants, requests Smith to send specimen of each species of "'Arb.'" for comparison. Also asks Smith to send [Franciscus] Cupani's [(1657-1710) Italian botanist] works.

Letter date: 6 Sep 1822
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 6.176
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 12 [Sep 1822]
Finding AidsDawson, 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 MaterialJack, W, (1820-1822). "Descriptions of Malayan Plants." Bencoolen, Sumatra; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available in British Library.