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GB-110/JES/COR/8/22
Title
Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
20 Nov 1791
Author(s)
Thomas Pennant 1726-1798
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/22 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith (20 November 1791)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/22 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith (20 November 1791) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Pennant, Thomas
Sent from:
Downing, Flintshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
References to "poon tree" of India in "Raii hist. 11. p. - & Ives's Voy[age] 46a", from which masts are made. Sends an oak leaf "filled with some matters" that Hugh Davies could not determine. Declines membership of Linnean Society but proposes his son David.
Letter date:
20 Nov 1791
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.36
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Ives, E, (1773). "A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754 ...", London; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available in British Library. |
| Additional | Smith replied 23 Feb 1792 |
