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GB-110/JES/COR/8/24
Title
Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
18 Jul 1792
Author(s)
Thomas Pennant 1726-1798
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/24 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith (18 July 1792)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/24 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith (18 July 1792) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Pennant, Thomas
Sent from:
Downing, Flintshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Hopes Smith has returned from Matlock, [Derbyshire], in good health. Status of his "Outlines of the Globe": requests birth year and birthplace of [Georg Eberhard] Rumphius, and information on [John] Clayton, the "Virginian florist" [(1694-1773) English plant collector in Virginia]; has only the Malay and other Indian islands to complete. Asks if it is true that Dr Blagden has been knighted [Sir Charles Blagden (c 1748-1820) physician and secretary of the Royal Society].
Letter date:
18 Jul 1792
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.39
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 20 Oct [1792] |
| Related Material | Pennant, T, (1798-1800). "Outlines of the Globe. Vol. 1, 2. The View of Hindoostan. Vol. 3. The View of India extra Gangem, China, Japan. Vol. 4. The View of the Malayan Isles, New Holland and the Spicy Islands. [Vol. 3, 4 edited by D. Pennant.]", London; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available in British Library. |
