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GB-110/JES/COR/7/6
Title
Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, near Kimbolton, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
11 Jan 1806
Author(s)
Thomas Martyn 1735-1825
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/6 from Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, near Kimbolton, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (11 January 1806)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/7/6 from Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, near Kimbolton, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (11 January 1806) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Martyn, Thomas
Sent from:
Pertenhall, Bedfordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Intends to keep dedication to Smith in ["The gardener's and botanist's dictionary"]. Considers Smith "the establishment", glad of Smith's decision to only neglect [Richard] Salisbury, whom he never "much affected either as a man or a botanist". Discussion of botanical terminology.
Letter date:
11 Jan 1806
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.8
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Miller, P, and Martyn, T (ed.), (1807). "The gardener's and botanist's dictionary... to which are... added A complete enumeration and description of all plants hitherto known... with the addition of all... improvements in landscape gardening... by Thomas Martyn..." London: Rivington. |
| 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. |
