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GB-110/JES/COR/21/77
Title
William Beeston Coyte, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, [London]
Letter date
9 Jan 1791
Author(s)
William Beeston Coyte 1740-1810
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/21/77 from William Beeston Coyte, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, [London] (9 January 1791)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/21/77 from William Beeston Coyte, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, [London] (9 January 1791) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Coyte, William Beeston
Sent from:
Ipswich, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
The specimen of 'Tradescantia' from [Nicholas] Gwyn came from his hothouse, has a specimen for [William] Aiton [(1731-1793), director Kew Gardens 1759-1793]. Requests books: L'Héritier's "Sertum Anglicum", and Salisbury's "Flora Lapp.". Enjoyed second number of [James] Sowerby's ["English botany"]; recommends addition to the plates of the parts of fructification, avoiding repetition of the plants in "Flora Londinensis". Received seeds of 'Galeopsis villosa' last year, and seed of 'Scorzonera tingitana' from Mrs Hasell.
Letter date:
9 Jan 1791
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.134
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 | L'Héritier de Brutelle, C L, (1789). "Sertum Anglicum seu plantae rariores quae in hortis juxta Londinum, imprimis in Horto Regio Kewensi excoluntur, ab ... 1786 ad 1787 observate" Cornus. Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London. Curtis, W, (1777-1798). "Flora Londinensis: or plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London..." London: [privately]. |
| Additional | Smith replied 17 [Jan 1791] |
