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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/23/18
Title
Thomas Charles Hope to James Edward Smith
Letter date
12 Jan 1784
Author(s)
Thomas Charles Hope 1766-1844
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/23/18 from Thomas Charles Hope to James Edward Smith (12 January 1784)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Hope, Thomas Charles
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Has been waiting for a letter from Smith. Fears Smith will only be able to continue his botanical studies in London by studying herbariums. Concerned to hear of a dispute at the Royal Society between Sir Joseph Banks and Mr Hutton. [William] Younge now President of the Edinburgh Natural History Society. Asks if Smith made a catalogue of the plants he collected from around Edinburgh; difficulties of collecting.
Letter date:
12 Jan 1784
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
23.37
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 19 Feb [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. |
