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GB-110/JES/COR/8/14
Title
William Dandridge Peck, 47 Frith Street, Soho, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
30 Sep 1807
Author(s)
William Dandridge Peck 1763-1822
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/14 from William Dandridge Peck, 47 Frith Street, Soho, [London], to James Edward Smith (30 September 1807)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/14 from William Dandridge Peck, 47 Frith Street, Soho, [London], to James Edward Smith (30 September 1807) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Peck, William Dandridge
Sent from:
Soho, London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sends list of New Holland [Australian] plants he received from Labillardière [not extant], requests any specimens Smith can add. Sends a sample of velvet woven in colours, capable of replicating portraits and other subjects, from a technique devised by Gregoire in Paris, it is superior to Mr Town of New Bond Street's similar product. Overwhelmed by reading Smith's "Introduction to Botany", corrects Smith's pronounciation of "Holmskiöldiaf" in same.
Letter date:
30 Sep 1807
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.24
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman. |
| Additional | Smith replied 11 Oct [1807] |
