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GB-110/JES/COR/15/112
Title
Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middelsex], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
3 Mar 1793
Author(s)
Mary Watson- Wentworth 1735-1804
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/112 from Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middelsex], to James Edward Smith (3 March 1793)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/15/112 from Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middelsex], to James Edward Smith (3 March 1793) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Wentworth, Mary Watson-
Sent from:
Hillingdon, Middlesex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Thanks Smith for seeds from Sumatra and Sierra Leone. Sorrow at death of [William] Aiton [(1731-1793), director of Kew Gardens, 1759-1793]; his character.
Her 'Strelitzia' and an old 'Amarylis' no one knows anything of about to flower. Smith sent too many copies of his more books than she claimed: in addition to first large volume of his ["Icones] pictae [plantarum rariorum]". Has [William] Woodville's [(1752-1805), physician] work of medicinal plants ["Medical botany..."], it is beautifully coloured. Disordered by this week's tempestuous weather.
Letter date:
3 Mar 1793
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.213
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1790-1793). "Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae auctore Jacobo Edvardo Smith. - Coloured figures of rare plants ..." London: [privately]. Woodville, W, (1790-1794). "Medical botany, containing ... descriptions, with plates, of all the medicinal plants ... comprehended in the catalogues of the materia medica ... accompanied with a detail of their medicinal effects ... In three volumes [and supplement]." London: Printed and sold for the author by James Phillips. |
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 25 [Mar 1793] |
