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GB-110/JES/COR/15/111
Title
Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
7 Oct 1792
Author(s)
Mary Watson- Wentworth 1735-1804
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/111 from Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith (7 October 1792)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/15/111 from Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith (7 October 1792) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Wentworth, Mary Watson-
Sent from:
Hillingdon, Middlesex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Invites Smith to inspect the East India seeds Mr Molesworth is sending her and asks him to bring Molesworth so she can thank him for his "repeated remembrance of her plants". Her 'Portlandia' with 18 very large flowers and 22 buds, the plant still flourishes and nearly outgrowing the glass only recently raised over it. Offers the Botany Bay bird Smith said was unknown, to be figured.
Letter date:
7 Oct 1792
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.211
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 23 [Oct 1792] |
| 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. |
