Michael Bland, 30 Montague Place, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/20/105
Title Michael Bland, 30 Montague Place, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date 11 Jan 1815
Author(s) Michael Bland 1777-1851
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/20/105 from Michael Bland, 30 Montague Place, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith (11 January 1815)

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Item Type: Document
From: Bland, Michael
Sent from: London
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Seeks election to Royal Society; asks for support of Smith and Dawson Turner; Sir Benjamin Hobhouse [1st baronet (1757-1831), politician] and Mr Ellis of the British Museum have also pledged their support. Requests introduction to Sir Joseph Banks.
[Smith has noted his reply on recto of folio]: would recommend to Banks and will confer with Turner.

Letter date: 11 Jan 1815
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 20.172
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.