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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/20/26
Title
Sir John Anstruther, Tunbridge Wells, [Kent], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
10 Sep 1807
Author(s)
Sir John, 4th baronet and 1st baronet Anstruther 1753-1811
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/20/26 from Sir John Anstruther, Tunbridge Wells, [Kent], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (10 September 1807)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/20/26 from Sir John Anstruther, Tunbridge Wells, [Kent], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (10 September 1807) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Anstruther, Sir John
Sent from:
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
[Transcription of letter sent by William Hunter to Anstruther]: sending duplicates of his paper on 'Nauclea', and letter to Smith which accompanied the paper [see RelatedMaterial below].
Sends copy of letter and paper by [William] Hunter of Calcutta, Secretary of the Asiatic Society. Will provide copies of drawings and specimens if required. Also has small specimen of tree which Sir Joseph Banks was anxious for. Received letter from [Francis] Buchanan, who has safely reached the Cape.
Letter date:
10 Sep 1807
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
20.42
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. |
| Related Material | For William Hunter's paper and letter of 15 March 1806, see JES/COR/23/31. Hunter, W, 'Observations on Nauclea Gambir, the Plant producing the Drug called Gutta Gambeer, with characters of two other Species', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1808 9 (1), pp.218-224. |
| Additional | Smith replied 13 Sep [1807] |
