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GB-110/JES/COR/15/30
Title
Sir Thomas Frankland, Thirkleby, near York, to James Edward Smith
Letter date
4 Mar 1806
Author(s)
Sir Thomas, 6th baronet Frankland 1750-1831
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/30 from Sir Thomas Frankland, Thirkleby, near York, to James Edward Smith (4 March 1806)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/15/30 from Sir Thomas Frankland, Thirkleby, near York, to James Edward Smith (4 March 1806) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Frankland, Sir Thomas
Sent from:
Thirkleby, Yorkshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Asks Smith's opinon of value of his late neighbour Archdeacon Pierson's herbarium, due to be sold in York, comprised of 1745 British plants, 866 exotic, 130 miscellaneous, and 25 Corallines, on paper 18 inches by 11, finically neat and luxuriant, with each order arranged in a neat portfolio-like case encased in spacious wainscot chest. Smith previously valued a larger herbarium at £30, hopeful for similar value.
Has been examining mosses and pleased with Smith's genera and English names, especially preservation of [William] Hudson's specific names even when obliged to alter the genus.
Letter date:
4 Mar 1806
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.5
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 8 [Mar 1806] |
| 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. |
