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GB-110/JES/COR/17/131
Title
William Roscoe, Toxteth Park, near Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Saxmundham, [Suffolk]
Letter date
20 Sep 1823
Author(s)
William Roscoe 1753-1831
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/17/131 from William Roscoe, Toxteth Park, near Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Saxmundham, [Suffolk] (20 September 1823)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/17/131 from William Roscoe, Toxteth Park, near Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Saxmundham, [Suffolk] (20 September 1823) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Roscoe, William
Sent from:
Liverpool, Lancashire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Saxmundham, Suffolk
Summary:
Suffering from a nervous debility caused by overwork; fears he will be unable to take up invitation to Norfolk. Preparing to publish a memoir of Monandrian plants and would like Smith's opinion on his figures. Received letter from [Nathaniel] Wallich giving an account of his expedition to Nepal and Singapore, the diseases he suffered, and the "immense acquisitions" he has made, which form the most valuable collection of living plants the Liverpool Botanic Garden has ever received, including 'Scitamineae' roots which are already shooting thanks to being packed in moss; he did not have time to write to Smith. Rejoices with Smith on marriage of his "amiable niece".
Letter date:
20 Sep 1823
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
17.264
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Smith's reply of 29 September 1823, see JES/COR/17/132. Roscoe, W, (1828). "Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae, chiefly drawn from living specimens in the Botanic Garden At Liverpool ... With descriptions and observations." Liverpool: [printer:] G. Smith. |
| 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 29 Sep [1823] |
