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GB-110/JES/COR/23/13
Title
William Jackson Hooker to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
27 Apr [1825]
Author(s)
Sir William Jackson Hooker 1785-1865
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/23/13 from William Jackson Hooker to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (27 April 1825)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/23/13 from William Jackson Hooker to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (27 April 1825) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Hooker, Sir William Jackson
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Asked by [George] Hibbert and [Alexander] Macleay to nominate a candidate for superintendence of the Botanic Garden of Jamaica; nominates [James] MacFadyen [(1800-1850), physician and botanist]; his qualifications. Thanks for agreeable afternoon he and his family lately spent with Smith in Norwich.
Letter date:
27 Apr [1825]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
23.27
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For letters from Hibbert to Smith of 18 February 1825 and 29 April 1825 also on this subject, see JES/COR/22/111 and JES/COR/22/112, respectively; for letter from Alexander Macleay to Smith of 8 March 1825 also on this subject, see JES/AM/178. |
| 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 | Letter erroneously dated 1826 by Smith; clear from content that this letter was written 1825. |
