James Edward Smith, Chelsea, to Richard Pulteney, Blandford, Dorsetshire

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Ref No GB-110/JES/MS238/1
Title James Edward Smith, Chelsea, to Richard Pulteney, Blandford, Dorsetshire
Letter date 12 Jun 1786
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/MS238/1 from James Edward Smith, Chelsea, to Richard Pulteney, Blandford, Dorsetshire (12 June 1786)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from: London
To: Pulteney, Richard
Sent to location: Blandford, Dorset
Summary:

Thanks for Pulteney's letter of 12 May and "valuable" thesis. Encloses sample of Linnaeus' handwriting. "The disciples of Linnaeus ought all to be brothers, & those who have so eminently distinguished themselves in his service as you have done, ought to be particularly dear to the rest".

Letter date: 12 Jun 1786
Languages: English