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GB-110/JES/JS/9
Title
James Edward Smith and William Fitt Drake, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Lambeth, [London]
Letter date
21 Jul 1803
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/JS/9 from James Edward Smith and William Fitt Drake, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Lambeth, [London] (21 July 1803)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Liverpool, Lancashire
To:
Sowerby, James
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
[Smith's letter to Sowerby]: William Roscoe "as amiable & pleasant as he is accomplished & sensible". His lectures "brilliantly attended", nearly 120 people. His plans for returning to Norwich, [Norfolk]. Sends drawing of 'Hypericum androsaemum' intended for t1225, the first of vol 18 [of "English botany"]; discussion of subjects of next plates.
[Drake's letter to Sowerby]: Has promise of some good specimens of of Canal or Wigan coal but as yet unable to find anywhere selling snuffboxes or other made from this coal. Mineralogy "little pursued" here, doubts finding any collection of ores.
Letter date:
21 Jul 1803
Languages:
English
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London. |
