Edmund Davall to James Edward Smith, Hammersmith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London, redirected to Hammersmith, [Middlesex]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/14/78
Title Edmund Davall to James Edward Smith, Hammersmith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London, redirected to Hammersmith, [Middlesex]
Letter date 10 Nov 1795
Author(s) Edmund Davall 1763-1798
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/14/78 from Edmund Davall to James Edward Smith, Hammersmith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London, redirected to Hammersmith, [Middlesex] (10 November 1795)

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Item Type: Document
From: Davall, Edmund
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Hammersmith, Middlesex
Summary:

Last letter received from Smith dated 16 March 1795; recounts most recent letters sent and received between them, his parcel of November 1794 with seeds of 'Digitlalis' and 'Verbascum nigrum' lost on ship seized by French privateer. The war having severe impact on communications with and from Switzerland. Mandrot dead from an apoplexy. Anxious to receive continuations of "English Botany" and [James] Dickson's "Hortus Siccus Britannicus". Conscious that Smith lives "in the very centre of science" and has many correspondents and interesting observations to take up his time. Death of [Jakob] Ehrhart, one of his few Swiss connections since his poor health has made him a recluse. Named his son born 12 September Charles Edward after Linnaeus and Smith. Summarises his long unsent letter of January detailing his despair at damp which destroyed much of his herbarium.

Letter date: 10 Nov 1795
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 14.204
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 17 Apr 1796
Related MaterialFor Smith's letter of 16 March 1795, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/14/74. For Smith's reply of 17 April 1796, see JES/COR/14/80. For Davall's unsent letter of January 1795, see JES/COR/14/73. Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London.
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.