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GB-110/JES/AM/152
Title
Alexander Macleay, Queen Square, Westminster, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
27 Apr 1821
Author(s)
Alexander Macleay 1767-1848
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/AM/152 from Alexander Macleay, Queen Square, Westminster, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (27 April 1821)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/AM/152 from Alexander Macleay, Queen Square, Westminster, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (27 April 1821) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Macleay, Alexander
Sent from:
Westminster
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Returned from Scotland. Happy to hear Smith will be at next Linnean Society meeting, hopes Smith can attend upcoming Council meeting. The Society to take late Sir Joseph Banks' house as its rooms, with the drawing room to become the meeting room. A subscription being raised for marble bust of Banks, limited to £1; £100 of £120 cost already raised. New "Linnean Transactions" volume ready for publication before 24 [May 1821], "it will be a very splendid one", the plates for [Robert] Brown's paper cost £240. Necessary for the Society to recruit in order to continue, asks Smith to interest [Thomas] Brightwell [(1787-1868)], "one of the most intelligent entomologists in this kingdom".
Letter date:
27 Apr 1821
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
Sm/M'L 153
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Finding Aids | Correspondence-Smith/McLeay handlist, Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | Brown, R, 'An Account of a new Genus of Plants, named Rafflesia', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1821 13(1), pp.201-234. |
