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GB-110/JES/COR/21/3
Title
Gregory Boraston, Queen's College, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
15 Jul 1790
Author(s)
Gregory Boraston 1768-1851
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/21/3 from Gregory Boraston, Queen's College, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (15 July 1790)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/21/3 from Gregory Boraston, Queen's College, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (15 July 1790) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Boraston, Gregory
Sent from:
Oxford, Oxfordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
His health did not benefit much by the Italian air [Boraston had wintered in Italy]; cold weather in Florence and Pisa; regrets not visiting Nice; inconvenience of making long journies alone. Left Spallanzani's response to Mr Hunter [on animal digestion] with Dr [William] Thomson [(c 1760-1806), mineralogist and physician]; many requests to peruse it. Will send impressions from Tozzetti of 'Fucus', described by Micheli, found near Florence. On his return through Milan visited Count Castiglioni, whose brother, Luigi, remembers meeting Smith; preparing history of plants and forest trees of North America; astonished by collections of the Milanese, particularly the Marquis d'Angubola's natural history collection; Societa Patriotica.
Letter date:
15 Jul 1790
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.4
Additional Information:
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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. |
Related Material | Castigilioni, L, et al, (1983). "Luigi Castiglioni's viaggio: in the United States 1785- 1797 trans. A. Pace + natural history ed. J.& N. Ewan." N.Y., Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. |