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GB-110/JES/COR/24/67
Title
John Pitchford, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
2 Jul 1788
Author(s)
John Pitchford 1737-1803
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/24/67 from John Pitchford, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith (2 July 1788)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/24/67 from John Pitchford, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith (2 July 1788) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Pitchford, John
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sending specimens for Linnean Society. Remarks on 'Carex strigosa', recently discovered in Norfolk. He and [Thomas] Woodward were unsuccessful in their search for 'Ophrys loeselii'. Requests 'Dianthus virgineus', 'D. glaucus', 'Anconitum napellus', and 'A. cammarum'. Woodward has found 'Carex limosa'.
Recently treated a case of "retroversi uteri" according to Dr Denman's "Introduction to Midwifery" but the patient miscarried.
Received specimen of 'Equisetum fluviatile' from Woodward, expects it it rare.
Letter date:
2 Jul 1788
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
24.117
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 20 Sep [1788] |
