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GB-110/JES/COR/25/11
Title
William Roxburgh, Samulcotah, [India], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
17 Oct 1791
Author(s)
William Roxburgh 1751-1815
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/25/11 from William Roxburgh, Samulcotah, [India], to James Edward Smith (17 October 1791)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/25/11 from William Roxburgh, Samulcotah, [India], to James Edward Smith (17 October 1791) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Roxburgh, William
Sent from:
Samulcotah, India
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Pleased to receive confirmation of value of specimens he sent Smith some time ago, via [Nathaniel] Kindersly [Smith's cousin]. Will receive much satisfaction from "corresponding with so distinguished a Botanist as Dr Smith". Pleased to see in "Critical Review" for January [1791] that Smith has decided to make a genus of 'Paulina asiatica'; it will be drawn and described as 'Scopolia aromatica' in his next collection to be sent to the Court of Directors [of East India Company] and Sir Joseph Banks.
Requests copy of anything Smith publishes.
Letter date:
17 Oct 1791
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
25.49
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 30 Nov 1792 |
