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GB-110/JES/COR/21/95
Title
Hugh Davies, Aber[gwyngregyn], near Bangor, [Gwynedd], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
15 Jan 1793
Author(s)
Hugh Davies 1739-1821
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/21/95 from Hugh Davies, Aber[gwyngregyn], near Bangor, [Gwynedd], to James Edward Smith (15 January 1793)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/21/95 from Hugh Davies, Aber[gwyngregyn], near Bangor, [Gwynedd], to James Edward Smith (15 January 1793) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Davies, Hugh
Sent from:
Abergwyngregyn, Gwynedd
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Delighted by Smith's employment at Windsor; hears that the Queen [Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818)] wants to set up a botanic garden and he has been approached to send plants from Welsh mountains. Sending plant specimens for Linnean Society, will send lichens in next post. Hopes to send animal drawings via a friend. Has not seen a figure of the 'Pycnogonum'; Herbert's bad figure of the 'Cancer' [crab].
Letter date:
15 Jan 1793
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.162
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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 14 Feb [1793] |
