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GB-110/JES/COR/9/43
Title
Franz Wilhelm Sieber, Prague, [Bohemia], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
13 Feb 1816
Author(s)
Franz Wilhelm Sieber 1789-1844
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/43 from Franz Wilhelm Sieber, Prague, [Bohemia], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (13 February 1816)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Sieber, Franz Wilhelm
Sent from:
Prague, Bohemia
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Send letter, encouraged by spirit of Smith's generosity. Encloses catalogue of plant specimens collected in last 6 years during extensive tours of Italy and offers to send 300 or 600 of them.
Intends to undertake a botanical expedition to Crete in July and August, and if possible visit the neighbouring regions, in the footsteps of [John] Sibthorp; asks for Smith's blessing.
Letter date:
13 Feb 1816
Languages:
Latin
Prev Ref No:
9.84
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Additional | Smith replied 25 Mar [1816] |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
