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GB-110/JES/COR/23/14
Title
John Hope, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, 10 Great Windmill Street, Haymarket, London
Letter date
12 Jan 1784
Author(s)
John Hope 1725-1786
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/23/14 from John Hope, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, 10 Great Windmill Street, Haymarket, London (12 January 1784)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/23/14 from John Hope, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, 10 Great Windmill Street, Haymarket, London (12 January 1784) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Hope, John
Sent from:
Edinburgh
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Thanks for seeds. He was lucky to get copy of Linnaeus' "Supplementum plantarum"; wishes he could get Hedwig's "De Muscis"; impatient to see Linnaeus' "Amoenitates academicae" vol 8, though he admires Linnaeus more as a naturalist and systematist than philosopher. Laments death of the younger Linnaeus, "a severe blow to the progress of Botany & Zoology". Wishes to see [William] Aiton [(1731-1793), director Kew Gardens 1759-1793] "Hortus Kewensis". Thanks for Smith's attentions to his desiderata. Requests advice and information from London hospitals on improving hospitals here.
Letter date:
12 Jan 1784
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
23.29
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 11 Sep [1784] |
| 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 | Linnaeus, C, (1781). "Supplementum plantarum systematis vegetabilium editionis decimae tertiae, generum plantarum editionis sextae, et specierum plantarum editionis secundae." Brunsvigae: Impensis Orphanotrophei. Hedwig, J, (1782). "Fundamentum historiae naturalis muscorum frondosorum ... Pars 1(-11)." Lipsiae: Apud Siegfried Lebrecht Crusium. Linnaeus, C, (1749). "Amoenitates academicae seu dissertationes variae physicae, medicae, botanicae antehac seorsim editae nunc collectae et auctae cum tabulis aeneis." Holmiae et Lipsiae: Apud Godofredum Kiesewetter. Aiton, W, (1789). "Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew..." London: Printed for George Nicol. |
