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GB-110/JES/COR/23/31
Title
William Hunter, Calcutta, [India], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
15 Mar 1806
Author(s)
William Hunter 1755-1812
Number of Pages
12
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GB-110/JES/COR/23/31 from William Hunter, Calcutta, [India], to James Edward Smith (15 March 1806)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Hunter, William
Sent from:
Calcutta, India
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
[Copy in Smith's hand]
Sends account "of the process for preparing the little cakes of lozenges called by the Malays Gutta Gambeer" [extant]. Rumphius has described the plant from which they are made but erroneously denied their being extracted from it. Sends dried specimen of the plant, two drawings, describing their subjects, and specimen of the lozenges.
"Observations on the drug called Gutta Gambeer", including description of 'Nauclea gambir' [7 pp], and description of 'Nauclea acida' and 'Nauclea sclerophylla'.
Anstruther and Hardwicke.
Letter date:
15 Mar 1806
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
23.63
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Sir John Anstruther's letter of 16 September 1807, and Thomas Hardwicke's of 25 April 1809, both of which mention this letter, see JES/COR/20/26 and JES/COR/22/83, respectively. Hunter, W, 'Observations on Nauclea Gambir, the Plant producing the Drug called Gutta Gambeer, with characters of two other Species', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1808 9 (1), pp.218-224. |
| 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. |
