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GB-110/JES/COR/24/89
Title
Richard Pulteney, Blandford, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, 12 [Great] Marlborough Street, [London]
Letter date
24 May 1791
Author(s)
Richard Pulteney 1730-1801
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/24/89 from Richard Pulteney, Blandford, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, 12 [Great] Marlborough Street, [London] (24 May 1791)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/24/89 from Richard Pulteney, Blandford, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, 12 [Great] Marlborough Street, [London] (24 May 1791) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Pulteney, Richard
Sent from:
Blandford, Dorset
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Thanks for Smith's letter of 17 February [1791] and the trouble Smith took at auction of Paitoni's books, information on Harrison's herbarium, and botanical news. Arrangements for sending plates of L'Héritier's "Sertum Anglicum". Requests supplement of "Flora Pedemontana" and other botanical books. Pleased by reviews of his "Sketches of the progress of botany". His health "wretched" all winter.
Letter date:
24 May 1791
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
24.161
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 5 Aug [1791] |
| Related Material | L'Héritier de Brutelle, C L, (1788). "Sertum Anglicum seu plantae rariores quae in hortis juxta Londinum, imprimis in Horto Regio Kewensi excoluntur, ab ... 1786 ad 1787 observatae; Cornus. Specimen botanicum sistens descriptiones et icones specierum corni minus cognatarum." Paris: Typis Didot. Allioni, C, (1785). "Flora Pedemontana ..." Augusta Taurinorum: Briolus. Pulteney, R, (1790). "Historical and biographical sketches of the progress of botany in England from its origin to the introduction of the Linnaean system." London: Cadell. |
| 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. |
