Item data
Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/21/73
Title
Susan E Corrie, [Woodville, near Birmingham, Warwickshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
4 Feb 1821
Author(s)
Susan E Corrie 1820-1821
Number of Pages
5
See full metadata
See comments
Collection home page
Actions (login required)
 |
Edit Item |
GB-110/JES/COR/21/73 from Susan E Corrie, [Woodville, near Birmingham, Warwickshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (4 February 1821)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/21/73 from Susan E Corrie, [Woodville, near Birmingham, Warwickshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (4 February 1821) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Corrie, Susan E
Sent from:
Birmingham, Warwickshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks for book ["A grammar of botany" (1821)]; likes it the more because of its dedication to her mother [Susan Corrie]. Account of flowers showing in their garden: snow drops, Christmas roses, Dutch tulips, Scotch crocus, and double crimson hepaticas. Believes her tiger moth chrysalis is dead. Sends drawings of moths [extant].
Four drawings of moths and an insect, pencil on card: '[Phalaena] batis', '[Phalaena] dives', '[Phalaena] lichenaria', 'Tenthredo lutea' [dated 22 February].
Letter date:
4 Feb 1821
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.126
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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 | Smith, J E, (1821). "A grammar of botany, illustrative of artificial, as well as natural, classification, with an explanation of Jussieu's system." London: Longman. |
