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GB-110/JES/COR/26/43
Title
Walter Wade, Dublin, [Ireland], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, England
Letter date
25 Aug 1808
Author(s)
Walter Wade 1740-1825
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/26/43 from Walter Wade, Dublin, [Ireland], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, England (25 August 1808)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/26/43 from Walter Wade, Dublin, [Ireland], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, England (25 August 1808) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Wade, Walter
Sent from:
Dublin, Ireland
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Sorry to inform Smith that the reports that 'Acorus grammineus' has been found in Ireland are false; questioned the gardener who found it who confessed he had it from a garden several years ago; [John] Templeton [(1766-1825), father of Irish natural history], [James Townsend] Mackay [(1775-1862), curator of Botanic Garden, Trinity College, Dublin], and Dr [Whitley] Stokes [(1763-1845), physician and botanist] are scouring the mountains for it.
[Andrew] Caldwell has died.
Letter date:
25 Aug 1808
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
26.78
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Wade's letter to Smith of 11 September 1811 reminding him of 'A. grammineus' falsity, see JES/COR/26/47. |
| 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. |
