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GB-110/JES/COR/7/21
Title
Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, at Mr Flatter's, Benet Street, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire]
Letter date
12 Apr 1818
Author(s)
Thomas Martyn 1735-1825
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/21 from Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, at Mr Flatter's, Benet Street, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire] (12 April 1818)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Martyn, Thomas
Sent from:
Pertenhall, Bedfordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Summary:
Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. Outraged by the Tutors opposition to Smith on grounds of his not being a member of the University, gives numerous examples of previous foreign and non-member professors. Glad that Smith is pleased with [George Cornelius] Gorham, details of his botanising. Suffering from vertigo in part due "to the weight of the atmosphere". Flooding from heavy rains.
Letter date:
12 Apr 1818
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.37
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. |
