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GB-110/JES/COR/17/133
Title
William Roscoe, Toxteth Park, [near Liverpool, Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
19 Jan 1824
Author(s)
William Roscoe 1753-1831
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/17/133 from William Roscoe, Toxteth Park, [near Liverpool, Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (19 January 1824)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/17/133 from William Roscoe, Toxteth Park, [near Liverpool, Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (19 January 1824) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Roscoe, William
Sent from:
Liverpool, Lancashire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks for hospitality during his stay at Norwich. Literary activities: his work on [Alexander] Pope [(1688-1744), poet] drawing to a conclusion with just the biography to be printed; expecting to publish first part of his botanical work ["Monandrian plants"], in which is giving give the generic and specific characters and descriptions in English as his botanical phraseology is too limited; as Smith and [William] Roxburgh did in "Exotic Botany" and "Flora Indica".
Letter date:
19 Jan 1824
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
17.268
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | 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. Smith, J E, (1804-1805). "Exotic botany" London: J. Sowerby. Roxburgh, W, (1820-1824). "Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian plants... Edited by William Carey, to which are added descriptions of plants... discovered by Nathaniel Wallich." Serampore: [printer:] Mission Press. |
| 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. |
