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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/10/57
Title
Casper von Voght, 6 Princess Street, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith
Letter date
3 May 1795
Author(s)
Casper von, Baron Voght 1752-1839
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/10/57 from Casper von Voght, 6 Princess Street, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith (3 May 1795)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Voght, Casper von
Sent from:
Edinburgh
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Recalls the botanical assistance he once received from Smith. Encloses copies of his pamphlet ["Account of the Management of the Poor in Hamburg since the year 1788", not extant, see RelatedMaterial below]. Hopes Smith found something worthwhile in the "Suriname 'Papillions'". Asks for introductions in towns on his route back to London.
Letter date:
3 May 1795
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
10.94
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 15 [May 1795] |
| 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 | For Corrêa de Serra's reaction to Voght's pamphlet, see JES/COR/3/98. Voght, C V, (1795). "Account of the Management of the Poor in Hamburg since the year 1788, In a letter to some friends of the Poor in Great Britain." Edinburgh (1795); please note not available from Linnean Society Library, available in British Library. |
