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GB-110/JES/JS/13
Title
James Sowerby to James Edward Smith
Letter date
[1808]
Author(s)
James Sowerby 1757-1822
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/JS/13 from James Sowerby to James Edward Smith (1808)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Sowerby, James
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Received the 5 drawings [for "Flora Graeca"] safely. Hopes to received money from [Thomas] Platt soon [(d 1842), one of John Sibthorp's executors, supervised the publication of "Flora Graeca"]. Received lichens from [Charles] Lyell but has experienced problems with microscope; requests drawing of 'Lichen caesiferus'. Thanks for Smith's condolences on death of his daughter, Felicia.
[Written on recto of proof page from "English Botany" no 1916, dated 1 August 1808]
Letter date:
[1808]
Languages:
English
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Sibthorp, J, (1806-1837). "Flora Graeca", London: Taylor. |
