Francis Boott, Falmouth, [Cornwall], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/20/115
Title Francis Boott, Falmouth, [Cornwall], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 16 Apr 1817
Author(s) Francis Boott 1792-1863
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/20/115 from Francis Boott, Falmouth, [Cornwall], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (16 April 1817)

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Item Type: Document
From: Boott, Francis
Sent from: Falmouth, Cornwall
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Ship delayed in sailing [for USA]. Mrs [Lucy] Hardcastle delayed in preparing the drawings she was to send Smith; the parcel will contain dried specimen of a 'Rhizomenpha', on which Dr Forster will write in greater detail. Observations on Cornish plants: 'Ulex europans', 'Viola canina', 'Scalo pendiam', 'Statice arvensis', 'Anthyllis', 'Silene maritima'. Has the parcels for [Jacob] Bigelow and [David] Hosack.

Letter date: 16 Apr 1817
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 20.191
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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.