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GB-110/JES/COR/20/8
Title
Charles Abbot, Bedford, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
3 Sep 1802
Author(s)
Charles Abbot 1761-1817
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/20/8 from Charles Abbot, Bedford, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (3 September 1802)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/20/8 from Charles Abbot, Bedford, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (3 September 1802) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Abbot, Charles
Sent from:
Bedford, Bedfordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Bedford River "abounding" with 'Chara flexilis' "English botany 1070". Encloses "curious production" with habit of 'Conferva' [extant]; observations. Believes 'Chara flexilis', 'Ceratophyllum submersum', and 'Ceratophyllum demersum' can be consolidated under one genus; observations. Lists plants he has found since 1798 as a supplement [to his "Flora Bedfordiensis" (1798)], for Smith's "Flora Britannica". Prays for recovery of Smith's health, "so valuable to the botanical world".
Specimen of a plant.
Letter date:
3 Sep 1802
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
20.15
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 8 [Sep 1802] |
| 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. |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London. Abbot, C, (1798). "Flora Bedfordiensis..." Bedford: W. Smith. Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. |
