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GB-110/JES/COR/14/15
Title
James Edward Smith, London, to Edmund Davall, Orbe, Canton de Berne, [Switzerland]
Letter date
9 Mar 1790
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/14/15 from James Edward Smith, London, to Edmund Davall, Orbe, Canton de Berne, [Switzerland] (9 March 1790)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/14/15 from James Edward Smith, London, to Edmund Davall, Orbe, Canton de Berne, [Switzerland] (9 March 1790) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
London
To:
Davall, Edmund
Sent to location:
Orbe, Switzerland
Summary:
Busy writing and delivering his zoological and botanical lectures, teaching Lady [Amelia] Hume, and preparing his "Icones ineditae" and "Icones pictae". Thanks for chamois horns and seeds. Discusses Davall's marriage and wife; he himself has been unlucky in love although there is one woman who would make him happy. [Edward] Forster's marriage. His servant François [Borone] has returned to England but not currently placed with him.
Letter date:
9 Mar 1790
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
14.31
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 | For Davall's letters of 24 November 1789 and 25/29 January 1790, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/14/12 and JES/COR/14/15 respectively. For Davall's reply of 9 March 1790, see JES/COR/14/16. Smith, J E, and Linnaeus, C, (1789-1791). "Plantarum icones hactenus ineditae, plerumque ad plantas in herbario Linnaeo conservatas delineatae." Londini: Impensis Benj. White et Filii. Smith, J E, (1790-1793). Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae auctore Jacobo Edvardo Smith. - Coloured figures of rare plants ... London: [privately]. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, pp.28-30. |
