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GB-110/JES/COR/8/5
Title
Casimiro Gómez de Ortega, Madrid, [Spain], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
4 Feb 1804
Author(s)
Casimiro Gómez de Ortega 1740-1818
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/5 from Casimiro Gómez de Ortega, Madrid, [Spain], to James Edward Smith (4 February 1804)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Ortega, Casimiro Gómez de
Sent from:
Madrid, Spain
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Asks after letters, books, and plant specimens he, [José Antonio] Pavon, [Hipólito] Ruiz [López (1754-1816), botanist], and [Francisco] Zea sent three months ago; fears they have been intercepted.
Thanks for election as FMLS; recommends Pavon and Ruiz, his former pupils, for same. Asks Smith's opinion of current theory in Spain regarding location of the stigma of 'Iris'. Requests that sending of "Linnean Transactions" should not be hindered, and offers to send anything required by the Society, to try to repair the damage suffered to such exchanges through cause of the war.
Letter date:
4 Feb 1804
Languages:
Latin
Prev Ref No:
8.7
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Related Material | Ruiz Lopez, H, and Pavon, J, (1794). "Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis prodromus sive novorum generum plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium descriptiones et icones. - Descripciones y laminas de los nuevos generos de plantas de la flore del Peru y Chile. Por Hipolito Ruiz [Lopez] y Joseph Pavon." Madrid: Imprenta de Sancha. |
