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GB-110/JES/COR/23/23
Title
Thomas Charles Hope, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, at Mr Batty's, 6 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
22 Dec [1784]
Author(s)
Thomas Charles Hope 1766-1844
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/23/23 from Thomas Charles Hope, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, at Mr Batty's, 6 Great Marlborough Street, London (22 December 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:
Congratulates Smith on safe arrival of Linnaean collections; warns against spending too much time studying it. Death of [William] Younge's father. Growth of the [Edinburgh] Natural History Society, though number of naturalists not considerable; Mr Alexander the principle botanist. Death of Dr Lubbock a "blow" to the Brounonians; medical lectures.
Letter date:
22 Dec [1784]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
23.47
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 14 Oct [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. |
