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GB-110/JES/COR/7/12
Title
Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Mrs Wiggins', Craven Hill, Bayswater, Middlesex
Letter date
24 Jun 1814
Author(s)
Thomas Martyn 1735-1825
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/12 from Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Mrs Wiggins', Craven Hill, Bayswater, Middlesex (24 June 1814)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Martyn, Thomas
Sent from:
Pertenhall, Bedfordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Bayswater, Middlesex
Summary:
Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. [Richard] Relhan has enquired after a report that [Martyn] is resigning in Smith's favour. Smith right in gaining support from outside Cambridge. Discusses process of Cambridge elections and reiterates Dr [Richard] Walker's [(1679-1764) founder of Cambridge Botanic Garden] provision in his gift of the lectureship that a foreigner may be elected if sufficiently qualified.
Letter date:
24 Jun 1814
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.2
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
