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GB-110/JES/COR/10/86
Title
George Williams, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
2 Feb 1798
Author(s)
George Williams 1762-1834
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/10/86 from George Williams, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith (2 February 1798)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/10/86 from George Williams, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith (2 February 1798) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Williams, George
Sent from:
Oxford, Oxfordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Requests a specially bound copy of Smith's "Insects of Georgia" for the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Asks for recent specimens of Lichens used in medicine or in the arts, and whether any foreign author has recently written on the anatomy of plants.
Letter date:
2 Feb 1798
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
10.138
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Williams received the Lichen specimens, see subsequent letter JES/COR/10/87. Smith, J E, (1797). "The natural history of the rarer lepidopterous insects of Georgia ... from the observations of Mr. John Abbot ..." London: Edwards. |
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 8 [Feb 1798] |
