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GB-110/JES/COR/20/110
Title
Francis Boott, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
11 Dec 1816
Author(s)
Francis Boott 1792-1863
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/20/110 from Francis Boott, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (11 December 1816)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Boott, Francis
Sent from:
Derby, Derbyshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Apologises for trouble caused by leaving 'Salicorna' bark [sent by Jacob Bigelow] with Sir Joseph Banks. Forwards pamphlets from Bigelow, who has been elected Rumford Professor at Harvard College; Bigelow's annual course of lectures will be on connections between arts and sciences. Suggests Bigelow's election to Linnean Society; his attributes, including Correa naming him the second best naturalist in America after Muhlenberg
Letter date:
11 Dec 1816
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
20.179
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 7 Jan 1817 |
| 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. |
