Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/15/77
Title Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith
Letter date 8 Dec 1788
Author(s) Mary Watson- Wentworth 1735-1804
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/15/77 from Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith (8 December 1788)

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Item Type: Document
From: Wentworth, Mary Watson-
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Sends Smith two flowers of 'Portlandia', one of which is for [Jonas] Dryander; not as fine or long as those which flowered at the end of August for a month. Hopes Smith will visit again to see plants in a more favourable season than his last visit.

Letter date: 8 Dec 1788
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 15.14
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Related Material'Portlandia' in Smith herbarium, Savage no. 0321.1.
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.