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GB-110/JES/COR/21/55
Title
Arthur Bruce, Head of the Pleasance, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith
Letter date
10 Sep 1803
Author(s)
Arthur Bruce 1726-1805
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/21/55 from Arthur Bruce, Head of the Pleasance, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith (10 September 1803)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/21/55 from Arthur Bruce, Head of the Pleasance, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith (10 September 1803) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Bruce, Arthur
Sent from:
Edinburgh
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Received Smith's letter of 31 August [1803]. Hopes some of his old friends attended Smith's Liverpool lectures. Expects [Edmund] Davall's herbarium of Swiss plants will be a great feast for Smith. Looking forward to next volume of "Flora Britannica". His health better than it has been for several years. [George] Don went with a party to Inch Keeth; health of Dr Rutherford and Dr Waltner. Details of [James] Playfair's [(1738-1819), Church of Scotland minister] intended work [on bees].
Letter date:
10 Sep 1803
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.96
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 13 Jul 1804 |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. For information on Playfair's work on bees, see http://digital.nls.uk/moir/lost.html. |
| 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. |
