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GB-110/JES/COR/15/107
Title
Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
12 Jan 1792
Author(s)
Mary Watson- Wentworth 1735-1804
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/107 from Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London (12 January 1792)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/15/107 from Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London (12 January 1792) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Wentworth, Mary Watson-
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Invites Smith to see her 'Amaryllis capensis' in flower; Crabb brought it from Holland as a bulb and neither Smith nor any other botanist have any knowledge of it, urged [James] Sowerby to draw it. She is very unwell and in addition to losing her domestic servants her favourite dog has died. Grass also ready for inspection by Smith.
Letter date:
12 Jan 1792
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.202
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. |
