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GB-110/JES/COR/6/99
Title
Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Boyton House, [Wiltshire], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
19 Aug 1827
Author(s)
Aylmer Bourke Lambert 1761-1842
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/99 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Boyton House, [Wiltshire], to Sir James Edward Smith (19 August 1827)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
Sent from:
Boyton, Wiltshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Death of the Bishop [Samuel Goodenough]. His niece Ethel[red Catherine] Benett to be married to Lord Charles [Spencer-]Churchill [(1794-1840)], second son of the Duke of Marlborough [George Spencer-Churchill], details of a wedding visit by Murrays and Selways.
In postscript Lambert anxious to mention something that occured just before he left London [there are no details but his reference to old sayings "no good can come out of Israel" and "you cannot wash the blackamoor white" imply this may relate to Richard Salisbury]. Last sheets of "Description of the genus Pinus" are to be printed.
Letter date:
19 Aug 1827
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.191
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Lambert, A B, (1828). "A description of the genus Pinus ... also ... of many other trees of the family of Coniferae. To which is added An Appendix containing Descriptions ... of some other remarkable plants, and an Account of the Lambertian Herbarium. By David Don. Second edition in two volumes ..." London: Weddell. |
| 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. |
