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GB-110/JES/ADD/17
Title
James Dickson, Covent Garden, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
18 Mar 1800
Author(s)
James Dickson 1738-1822
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/ADD/17 from James Dickson, Covent Garden, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (18 March 1800)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/ADD/17 from James Dickson, Covent Garden, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (18 March 1800) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Dickson, James
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Asks Smith whether he should be silent and look over the mistakes he finds in other authors, or publish them; points out several errors in [William] Withering's last publication ["An arrangement of British plants" (1796)], including 'Sphagnum alpinum' and 'Phascum repens'.
Letter date:
18 Mar 1800
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
18
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Finding Aids | Hutt, C M, "List of additional correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith" Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | Dickson, J, (1785-1801). "Fasciculus plantarum cryptogamicarum Britanniae." Londinum: [privately]. Withering, W, (1796). "An arrangement of British plants; according to the latest improvements of the Linnean system... Third edition..." Birmingham: [privately]. |
