Kerrick, Harleston, [Norfolk], to Sir James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/ADD/45
Title Kerrick, Harleston, [Norfolk], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date 12 Oct 1818
Author(s) Kerrick
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/ADD/45 from Kerrick, Harleston, [Norfolk], to Sir James Edward Smith (12 October 1818)

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Item Type: Document
From: Kerrick
Sent from: Harleston, Norfolk
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Encloses engraving [extant] of a fossilised tree about 30 feet high, which was standing in 1803 on cliffs at Bog Hall near Newbiggen, Northumberland; fragments of other trees, at the time the drawing was taken, were scattered on the shore. He is on his way to Oxford but had intended to call on Smith in Norwich to enquire about preserving birds with "corrosive sublimate", as practised by one of Smith's friends.
Engraving of fossilised tree.

Letter date: 12 Oct 1818
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 66
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsHutt, C M, "List of additional correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith" Linnean Society.
Related MaterialParkinson, J, (1804). "Organic remains of a former world. An examination of the mineralized remains of the vegetables and animals of the antediluvian world generally termed extraneous fossils. The first volume; containing the vegetable kingdom." London: Robson.