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GB-110/JES/COR/8/109
Title
William Roxburgh, Calcutta, [Bengal, India], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
16 Dec 1796
Author(s)
William Roxburgh 1751-1815
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/109 from William Roxburgh, Calcutta, [Bengal, India], to James Edward Smith (16 December 1796)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/109 from William Roxburgh, Calcutta, [Bengal, India], to James Edward Smith (16 December 1796) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Roxburgh, William
Sent from:
Calcutta, India
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sending specimens of 'Dillenia indica' in addition to those already sent to Sir Joseph Banks, to be divided with Smith. Poor health since coming to Calcutta, intends to go to coast of Coromandil and possibly on to Cape of Good Hope. His last 12 months work in the drawings sent to Banks from India House. [Francis] Buchanan has found the palm 'Nipa' or 'Nypa' of [Georg Eberhard] Rumphius, a new genus which Roxburgh plans to name after Buchanan.
Letter date:
16 Dec 1796
Languages:
English
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