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GB-110/JES/COR/23/21
Title
Thomas Charles Hope, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, at Mr Batty's, Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
5 Oct [1784]
Author(s)
Thomas Charles Hope 1766-1844
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/23/21 from Thomas Charles Hope, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, at Mr Batty's, Great Marlborough Street, London (5 October 1784)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Hope, Thomas Charles
Sent from:
Edinburgh
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
General regret at Dr Lubbock's departure from Edinburgh. Account of botanical expedition to Ben Lomond in the autumn, previously undertaken with Smith and Hardy, lists plants found, including: 'Lythrum salicaria', 'Lysimachia vulgaris', 'Sedum rubens', 'Telephium', 'Convolvulus sepium', 'Malva moschata', 'Scirpus maritimus', 'Ruppia maritima', 'Lobelia dortmanna', 'Isoetis sacustris', and bark of 'Osmunda regalis'. Asks if Smith has ascended the highest English mountain, in "Yorkshire", as he intended. Comments on 'Cynosurus caerulens'. Comments on the "pompous" Dr Samuel Ferries, who has moved to London from Scotland.
Letter date:
5 Oct [1784]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
23.43
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 28 Dec [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. |
