W Turner, at Mr P Smith's, Dewsbury, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/26/31
Title W Turner, at Mr P Smith's, Dewsbury, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 16 Apr 1809
Author(s) S W Turner 1807-1809
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/26/31 from W Turner, at Mr P Smith's, Dewsbury, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (16 April 1809)

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Item Type: Document
From: Turner, S W
Sent from: Dewsbury, Yorkshire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

He and a friend have resolved to establish a botanic garden here; requests exotic seeds from Smith. Intends to visit the Liverpool botanic garden. Offers to translate review of Smith's "Introduction to Botany" in Schrader's journal. Asks after possibility of procuring Willdenow's edition of Linnaeus' "Species plantarum".

Letter date: 16 Apr 1809
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 26.62
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
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.
Related MaterialLinnaeus, C, and Willdenow, C L, (1797-1830). "Species plantarum exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus synonymis selectis, locis natalibus secundum systema sexuale digestas ... Editio quarta ... curante Carolo Ludovico Willdenow." Berolini: Impensis G. C. Nauk, 4th ed. Smith, J E, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman.