Edmund Poulter, Farnham Castle, [Surrey], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/24/78
Title Edmund Poulter, Farnham Castle, [Surrey], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 17 Sep 1801
Author(s) Edmund Poulter 1756-1832
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/24/78 from Edmund Poulter, Farnham Castle, [Surrey], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (17 September 1801)

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Item Type: Document
From: Poulter, Edmund
Sent from: Farnham, Surrey
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Encloses fructification of a palm new to him; describes the fructification. The Bishop [of Winchester, Brownlow North] has asked [James] Sowerby to visit to draw it. Description similar to 'Zamia pumila' [Smith has annotated "'Zamia cycadis' in margin of recto of second folio].
["Spec 20" written in pencil at top of verso of first folio]

Letter date: 17 Sep 1801
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 24.141
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Related MaterialFor letter from North to Smith of 28 September 1801 on same subject, see JES/COR/24/41.
Finding AidsDawson, 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.
AdditionalSmith replied 2 Oct [1801]