William George Maton, Spring Gardens, [London], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/7/59
Title William George Maton, Spring Gardens, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 6 Dec 1813
Author(s) William George Maton 1774-1835
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/7/59 from William George Maton, Spring Gardens, [London], to James Edward Smith (6 December 1813)

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Item Type: Document
From: Maton, William George
Sent from: London
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Thanks for present of game. Enquires after Smith's canvassing for Cambridge Botany Professorship. Awarded Gold Medal by the Royal Academy of Sciences of Stockholm for his edition of [Richard] Pulteney's "A general view of the writings of Linnaeus" although whereabouts of the actual medal is unknown.

Letter date: 6 Dec 1813
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 7.108
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Related MaterialPulteney, R, Linnaeus, C, and Maton, W G, (1805). "A general view of the writings of Linnaeus." London: J. Mawman (printer: R. Taylor and co.), 2nd ed.
Finding AidsDawson, 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.