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GB-110/JES/COR/7/10
Title
Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Old Hummum, Covent Garden, London
Letter date
20 Jun 1813
Author(s)
Thomas Martyn 1735-1825
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/10 from Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Old Hummum, Covent Garden, London (20 June 1813)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/7/10 from Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Old Hummum, Covent Garden, London (20 June 1813) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Martyn, Thomas
Sent from:
Pertenhall, Bedfordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. Informed by vice-chancellor [William Chafy (1779-1843) vice-chancellor 1813 & 1829] that the trustees of the Botanic Garden have declined election of a Reader in Botany, however they would like another curator. Asks to be informed when Smith intends to canvas the university so as to be able to write to the heads of the colleges who would support Smith.
Letter date:
20 Jun 1813
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.16
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| 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. |
