Ref NoGB-110/JES/COR/21/95
TitleHugh Davies, Aber[gwyngregyn], near Bangor, [Gwynedd], to James Edward Smith
DescriptionDelighted by Smith's employment at Windsor; hears that the Queen [Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818)] wants to set up a botanic garden and he has been approached to send plants from Welsh mountains. Sending plant specimens for Linnean Society, will send lichens in next post. Hopes to send animal drawings via a friend. Has not seen a figure of the 'Pycnogonum'; Herbert's bad figure of the 'Cancer' [crab].
Date15 Jan 1793
LevelItem
Extent2 pp
LanguageEnglish
NotesSmith replied 14 Feb [1793]
PrevRefNo21.162
Finding_AidsDawson, W R (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society.
Creator NameDavies, Hugh (1739-1821)
Access_StatusOpen
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
GB/110/1/146Davies; Hugh (1739-1821); Church of England clergyman and botanist1739-1821
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