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GB-110/JES/COR/7/30
Title
Smithson Tennant, [Brighton, Sussex], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
[25 Aug 1813]
Author(s)
Smithson Tennant 1761-1815
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/30 from Smithson Tennant, [Brighton, Sussex], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (25 August 1813)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/7/30 from Smithson Tennant, [Brighton, Sussex], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (25 August 1813) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Tennant, Smithson
Sent from:
Brighton, Sussex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. Everyone convinced Smith has best scientific claim for the professorship. Promised to give his own vote to [Richard] Relhan and solicited to give a second vote should Relhan concede in favour of Brook, but as Relhan now unlikely to contest unsure what to do. Will canvas for Smith with any voters he meets.
Letter date:
[25 Aug 1813]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.54
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. |
