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GB-110/JES/COR/20/9
Title
Charles Abbot, Bedford, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
5 Nov 1802
Author(s)
Charles Abbot 1761-1817
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/20/9 from Charles Abbot, Bedford, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (5 November 1802)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/20/9 from Charles Abbot, Bedford, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (5 November 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:
Sending specimens of mosses. Frustrated by Dawson Turner's tendency to not acknowledge him for plants he sent; examples. "Enchanted" by Smith's drawings of 'Asarum europaeum' and 'Geranium nodosum'. Sending specimen of 'Phleum paniculatum'. Previously sent all the plants he is sending to [James] Sowerby, including: 'Hypnum denticulatum', 'Sphagnum arboreum', 'Neckera heteromalla' Hedwig, 'Bryum flavescens', 'Bryum sericeum', 'Inrium annotinum' in both states being 'Trentepohlia erecta' Hoffmann and Teesdale, 'Bryum dicksoni', 'Barbula fallax', 'Scirpus acicularis', and 'Hypnum polycarpum' Hoffmann; habitats provided for all.
["Spec. 2" annotated in pencil at top of verso of folio]
Letter date:
5 Nov 1802
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
20.17
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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 7 Feb 1803 |
