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GB-110/JES/COR/8/83
Title
Edward Bannerman Ramsay, Edinburgh, to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
6 Sep 1824
Author(s)
Edward Bannerman Ramsay 1793-1872
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/83 from Edward Bannerman Ramsay, Edinburgh, to Sir James Edward Smith (6 September 1824)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Ramsay, Edward Bannerman
Sent from:
Edinburgh
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Recalls pleasure at gaining Smith's acquaintance at Cowes, [Isle of Wight], and sorrow at distance which prevents their meeting. Praises Smith's "English Flora" and his use of language, the 'Umbellate' plants "are surely now perfect". Passes on compliment from Mr P Duncan of New College, Oxford, on Smith's "Flora Britannica".
Letter date:
6 Sep 1824
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.147
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 12 Oct [1824] |
| Publn Note | The last paragraph of Ramsay's preceeding letter has been published as a postscript to this letter in Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, pp.510-511. |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, Hooker, W J, and Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman. Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. |
