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GB-110/JES/JS/1
Title
James Edward Smith, Matlock Bath, [Derbyshire], to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Asylum, [London]
Letter date
29 Jun 1792
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/JS/1 from James Edward Smith, Matlock Bath, [Derbyshire], to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Asylum, [London] (29 June 1792)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Matlock Bath, Derbyshire
To:
Sowerby, James
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
He has had a relapse since arriving but now well, and as the waters do him "great service" will stay for another 8 or 10 days. Asks that Sowerby send [Edmund] Davall copies of second numbers of both "Icones pictae" and "Spicilegium botanicum". Sending box of plants for "English botany", including: 'Lithospermum officinale', 'Cardamine impatiens', 'Aquilegia vulgaris', 'Arenaria verna', 'Thlaspi montanum', 'Polygala vulgaris', 'Lysimachia nemorum', 'Cistus helianthemum', 'Euphrasia officinalis', 'Poterium sanguisorba', 'Galium', 'Byssus aurea'; brief notes on characteristics of each.
Letter date:
29 Jun 1792
Languages:
English
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1790-1793). "Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae auctore Jacobo Edvardo Smith. - Coloured figures of rare plants ..." London: [privately]. Smith, J E, (1791-1792). "Spicilegium botanicum, Fasc. I & II." London: [privately]. Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London. |
