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GB-110/JES/COR/20/111
Title
Francis Boott, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, London
Letter date
16 Jan 1817
Author(s)
Francis Boott 1792-1863
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/20/111 from Francis Boott, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, London (16 January 1817)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/20/111 from Francis Boott, Derby, [Derbyshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, London (16 January 1817) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Boott, Francis
Sent from:
Derby, Derbyshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Thanks for Smith's interest in [Jacob] Bigelow joining Linnean Society as FMLS; concerns over the 23 guineas required for his subscription. Examined plants from mountains around Boston, [Massachusetts], with Sir Joseph Banks and [Robert] Brown, notes on their conclusions, including: 'Scirpus bracteatus', 'Epipactis convallarioides', 'Matonia inflata', 'Hylas assyllus', 'Potomogeton tenellum', 'Orchis bracteata', 'Lycopodium lucidulum', and 'Halcus monticula'.
As yet has been unable to examine his plants with any standard herbarium, something he is keen to do to expand USA's natural history, understands [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert has Pursh's herbarium.
Letter date:
16 Jan 1817
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
20.181
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. |
