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GB-110/JES/COR/25/86
Title
Sir George Leonard Staunton, Devonshire Street, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
28 Jul 1797
Author(s)
Sir George Leonard, 1st baronet Staunton 1737-1801
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/25/86 from Sir George Leonard Staunton, Devonshire Street, [London], to James Edward Smith (28 July 1797)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/25/86 from Sir George Leonard Staunton, Devonshire Street, [London], to James Edward Smith (28 July 1797) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Staunton, Sir George Leonard
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sends copy of his account of the late "Embassy to China", with a folio volume of plates relating to it. The Linnean Society and all Smith's London acquaintance regret his absence, "tho' it is natural for you to prefer living in the Bosom of your Relations, in Norwich, [Norfolk]".
Letter date:
28 Jul 1797
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
25.18
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 12 Aug [1797] |
| Related Material | Staunton, G L, and Macartney, G, (1798). "An authentic account of an embassy to the Emperor of China, taken from the papers of the Earl of Macartney." London: G. Nicol. |
| 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. |
