George Williams, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith, 3 Renshaw Street, Liverpool, [Lancashire]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/10/94
Title George Williams, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith, 3 Renshaw Street, Liverpool, [Lancashire]
Letter date 7 Aug [1803]
Author(s) George Williams 1762-1834
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/10/94 from George Williams, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith, 3 Renshaw Street, Liverpool, [Lancashire] (7 August 1803)

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Item Type: Document
From: Williams, George
Sent from: Oxford, Oxfordshire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Liverpool, Lancashire
Summary:

After spending a few days in Liverpool is confident that natural history will receive adequate encouragement there and that the provision for botany is already "sufficiently splendid". Believes that the establishment of the Botanic Garden will provide for more than just cultivation and botanical arrangement. Remarks on Liverpool's advantages, especially its location for "obtaining the productions of the West".
He is anxious for specimens of seeds, seed vessels and woods, and all vegetable curiosities of foreign growth to form a collection to illustrate "the natural growth & philosophical character & useful application in the arts of different plants". Pleased to hear that "Flora Graeca" has gone to the printers, and although disappointed Smith did not go with Collingswood for the publication is sure that Taylor will serve him well. His electioneering temporarily suspended on account of summer holiday. Recommends Mr Hudson, an Oxford academic. A painting apparently to be sold.

Letter date: 7 Aug [1803]
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 10.149
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsDawson, 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 MaterialSibthorp, J, (1806-1837). "Flora Graeca", London: Taylor.