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GB-110/JES/COR/10/71
Title
J H Bainbridge, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
9 Sep 1823
Author(s)
J H Bainbridge
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/10/71 from J H Bainbridge, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith (9 September 1823)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/10/71 from J H Bainbridge, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith (9 September 1823) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Bainbridge, J H
Sent from:
Derby, Derbyshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Charged by [Nathaniel] Wallich to inform Smith of his successful explorations in the East: he has gathered a "glorious" collection of plants from Singapore, Penang, and Nepal for the East India Company, including 3000 new species, nearly 200 of which are ferns. Received Nepalese seeds from Wallich but [John] Shepherd [(c 1764-1836)] of the Liverpool Botanic Garden has not expressed an interest in them.
Letter date:
9 Sep 1823
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
10.119
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. |
