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GB-110/JES/COR/9/63
Title
John Stackhouse, Jermyn Street, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
21 May 1795
Author(s)
John Stackhouse 1742-1819
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/63 from John Stackhouse, Jermyn Street, [London], to James Edward Smith (21 May 1795)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Stackhouse, John
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Asks Smith to look over the fasciculus of ["Nereis Britannica"] as far as it is finished and to show it to the Linnean Society. Notes on his intentions and other matters, including: apprehension that no sexual office has been attributed to the "air bladders" [of seaweed], and perplexed by the urn-shaped vessels in fronds of '[Fucus] serratus vesiculosus'.
Letter date:
21 May 1795
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
9.123
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Related Material | Stackhouse, J, (1795-1801). "Nereis Britannica; continens species omnes fucorum in insulis Britannicis crescentium: descriptone latina et Anglica... containing all species of fuci... (An appendix, containing species recently delineated...)" Bathonia: [privately]. |
