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GB-110/JES/COR/6/97
Title
Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Boyton House, [Wiltshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Henbury Hill, near Bristol
Letter date
2 Sep 1825
Author(s)
Aylmer Bourke Lambert 1761-1842
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/97 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Boyton House, [Wiltshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Henbury Hill, near Bristol (2 September 1825)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/6/97 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Boyton House, [Wiltshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Henbury Hill, near Bristol (2 September 1825) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
Sent from:
Boyton, Wiltshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Bristol
Summary:
Introduces [William Henry Fox] Talbot of Lacock Abbey, [Wiltshire], nephew of [Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd] Marquess of Lansdowne [(1780-1863)]. Asks Smith's progress on third volume of the "Flora". Mentions again his acquisition of natural history drawings of [James] Bruce [(1730-1794) Scottish traveller], which "prove him to be a very different person than the world has thought him".
[Smith has annotated] "expect to reach Boyton Oct. 5 in the even.".
Letter date:
2 Sep 1825
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.187
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 15 [Sep 1825] |
| Related Material | For Talbot's first letter to Smith, see JES/COR/10/7, and subsequent letters, JES/COR/10/8-12. Smith, J E, Hooker, W J, Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman. |
| 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. |
