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GB-110/JES/COR/10/51
Title
Baron Vietinghoff, Moscow, [Russia], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
30 Jan 1811
Author(s)
Karl Anton von Vietinghoff- Scheel 1760-1840
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/10/51 from Baron Vietinghoff, Moscow, [Russia], to James Edward Smith (30 January 1811)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/10/51 from Baron Vietinghoff, Moscow, [Russia], to James Edward Smith (30 January 1811) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Scheel, Karl Anton von Vietinghoff-
Sent from:
Moscow, Russia
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sends letter from [Georg Franz] Hoffmann and copy of "Hortus Mosquensis"]. Intends to publish a work on the rare plants of northern and southern parts of Russia, asks Smith to procure him some English subscribers. Requests plants from Botany Bay, [Australia]. Has sent Sir Joseph Banks a prospectus of his other work on the insects of Russia, asks Smith to procure subscribers for this also. Sends twenty packets of seeds of "the rarest plants of the Cokases", intends to send more.
Letter date:
30 Jan 1811
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
10.84
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 | Hoffmann, G F, (1808). "Hortus Mosquensis..." Mosqua: Typis Caesareae Universitatis. |
