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GB-110/JES/COR/21/74
Title
William Beeston Coyte, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, [London]
Letter date
19 Jul 1788
Author(s)
William Beeston Coyte 1740-1810
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/21/74 from William Beeston Coyte, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, [London] (19 July 1788)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/21/74 from William Beeston Coyte, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, [London] (19 July 1788) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Coyte, William Beeston
Sent from:
Ipswich, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Concerned to hear of Smith's poor health from [Nicholas] Gwyn. Has toured North Wales collecting plants and preserved many from Snowdon and other mountains in Carnarvonshire, including: 'Saxifraga nivalis', 'S. stellaris', 'Anthericum serotinum', 'Aracium alpinum'. Also collected many species of cryptogamia which he will send to Smith, Sir Joseph Banks, or [John] Sibthorp.
Letter date:
19 Jul 1788
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.129
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. |
