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GB-110/JES/COR/21/19
Title
John Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London
Letter date
6 Jun 1794
Author(s)
John Brand 1743-1808
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/21/19 from John Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London (6 June 1794)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/21/19 from John Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London (6 June 1794) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Brand, John
Sent from:
Wyckham Skeith, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Revised his system for arranging complicated genera by the shortest species character; history of the system, first used in conjunction with characters of [William] Hudson's 'Fucus' species; provides example based on 'Festuca' and determined with parcel of slips he also encloses. Requests name of another bookseller should White decline his book [second volume of his "Amoenitates Academicae" translation].
Letter date:
6 Jun 1794
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.41
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Brand's letter of 8 April 1794 in which he mentions his system, see JES/COR/21/17. Linnaeus, 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. |
| 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. |
