Jane Barrington, Mongewell, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/20/65
Title Jane Barrington, Mongewell, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 10 Mar 1806
Author(s) Jane Barrington -1807
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/20/65 from Jane Barrington, Mongewell, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith (10 March 1806)

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Item Type: Document
From: Barrington, Jane
Sent from: Mongewell, Oxfordshire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Sorry to hear of Smith's indisposition; her health has been indifferent. Hopes to come to London next month. Dissatisfied with [James] Sowerby's figure of her 'Asclepias carnosus'. Hopes to attend Smith's botany lectures. Has a plant of the "Peay Tree". Fears the subscription cost for "Flora Graeca" will be too expensive for her.

Letter date: 10 Mar 1806
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 20.98
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsDawson, 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 MaterialSibthorp, J, (1806-1837). "Flora Graeca", London: Taylor.