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GB-110/JES/COR/10/30
Title
Carl Peter Thunberg, Upsala, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith, London
Letter date
28 Sep 1792
Author(s)
Carl Peter Thunberg 1743-1828
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/10/30 from Carl Peter Thunberg, Upsala, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith, London (28 September 1792)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/10/30 from Carl Peter Thunberg, Upsala, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith, London (28 September 1792) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Thunberg, Carl Peter
Sent from:
Uppsala, Sweden
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Sending parcel containing plants missing from certain dissertations, including 'Cliffortia', and money from the sale of some publications. This summer worked on classes 8-13 of the Cape [of Good Hope] flora; as some of less familiar may be Linnaean plants, sending specimens of 'Gnidia radiata', 'Passerina ericoides', 'Bergia capensis', and 'Milium capense'; possible that 'P. ericoides' and 'Lachnaea conglomerata' are the same plant; observations.
Letter date:
28 Sep 1792
Languages:
Latin
Prev Ref No:
10.49
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 | Thunberg, C P, and Schultes, J A, (1807-1813). "Flora Capensis, sistens plantas promontorii Bonae Spei Africes, secundum systema sexuale emendatum redactas..." Upsalia: [printer:] Edman. Thunberg, C P, (1794-1800). "Prodromus plantarum Capensium, quas, in promontorio Bonae Spei Africes, annis 1772-75, collegit Carol. Pet. Thunberg." Upsalia: [printer:] Edman. |
| Additional | Smith replied 23 Jun 1793 |
