John Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/21/18
Title John Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London
Letter date 7 May 1794
Author(s) John Brand 1743-1808
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/21/18 from John Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London (7 May 1794)

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Item Type: Document
From: Brand, John
Sent from: Wyckham Skeith, Suffolk
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Asks Smith's advice regarding making a deal with a London bookseller [to sell copies of his translation of "Amoenitates Academicae"]; desires an interview with Smith when in London and to see his "superb museum". Has applied to become one of the "Jackalls" to [William] Kirby, "the lion of entomologists".

Letter date: 7 May 1794
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 21.39
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 9 [May 1794]
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.
Related MaterialLinnaeus, C, and Brand, J, (tr.), (1781). "Select dissertations from the Amoenitates Academicae, a supplement to Mr Stillingfleet's tracts relating to natural history ... Volume 1." London: G. Robinson & J. Robson.