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GB-110/JES/ADD/61
Title
Thomas Marsham, Exchequer Loan Office, Royal Exchange, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
29 Jan 1797
Author(s)
Thomas Marsham 1747-1819
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/ADD/61 from Thomas Marsham, Exchequer Loan Office, Royal Exchange, [London], to James Edward Smith (29 January 1797)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/ADD/61 from Thomas Marsham, Exchequer Loan Office, Royal Exchange, [London], to James Edward Smith (29 January 1797) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Marsham, Thomas
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Attended a meeting of the Printing Committee with [Samuel] Goodenough and [Jonas] Dryander, where they closed the volume with Smith's paper on 'Salisburia'; Smith's paper on 'Myrti' and [Bracy] Clark's on 'Oestrus' "carry it rather beyond the limits we proposed". The evening meeting was very well attended; list of attendees; after the meeting [John] Rising [(1753-1817), portrait and subject painter] showed Smith's portrait which was "much admired" and a print subscribed to.
Letter date:
29 Jan 1797
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
82
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 30 [Jan 1797] |
| Finding Aids | Hutt, C M, "List of additional correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith" Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, 'Characters of a new Genus of Plants named Salisburia', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1797 3(1), pp.330-332. Clark, B, 'Observations on the Genus Oestrus', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1797 3(1), pp.289-329. Smith, J E, 'Botanical Characters of some Plants of the Natural Order of Myrti', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1797 3(1), pp.255-288. |
