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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/14/71
Title
Edmund Davall, Orbe, [Switzerland], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
22 Jul 1794
Author(s)
Edmund Davall 1763-1798
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/14/71 from Edmund Davall, Orbe, [Switzerland], to James Edward Smith (22 July 1794)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Davall, Edmund
Sent from:
Orbe, Switzerland
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Delighted by Smith's "Tour", were he ignorant of the author would say "he is the favour'd child of Nature" and enjoyed his remarks on painting. Sends specimens of what he thinks is the 'Carex' like coriander mentioned in "Tour" vol 3 p.142 and corrects errors viz. 'Lichen encaustus' gathered in Alps, of Smith's new lichens only 'exanthematicus' and 'saxifragus' grow near Orbe, Smith's vol 1 p.175 "like a fucus in miniature" [these have all been ticked in pencil]. Sending a few plants. Financial and legal troubles with his wife's eldest brother. Sending plants without numbering, offers to send seed of the 'Verbascum' and 'Digitalis'.
Letter date:
22 Jul 1794
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
14.186
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 26 Sep [1794] |
| 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 Smith's reply of 26 September 1794, see JES/COR/14/72. Smith, J E, (1793). "A sketch of a tour on the Continent in the years 1786 and 1787" London. |
