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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/7/29
Title
Roger Wilbraham, Twickenham, [Surrey], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
5 Aug 1813
Author(s)
Roger Wilbraham 1743-1829
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/29 from Roger Wilbraham, Twickenham, [Surrey], to James Edward Smith (5 August 1813)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/7/29 from Roger Wilbraham, Twickenham, [Surrey], to James Edward Smith (5 August 1813) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Wilbraham, Roger
Sent from:
Twickenham, Surrey
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. Smith could have contacted him about his candidacy without [Thomas William] Coke's insistence. Unable to offer much assistance as he removed himself from Trinity College twenty-eight years ago; canvassed a Mr Davies for Smith but received an evasive answer.
Letter date:
5 Aug 1813
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.53
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 19 [Aug 1813] |
| Related Material | For Thomas William Coke's letter urging Smith to write to Wilbraham see JES/COR/7/27. |
| 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. |
