Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/21/95 |
Title | Hugh Davies, Aber[gwyngregyn], near Bangor, [Gwynedd], to James Edward Smith |
Description | Delighted 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]. |
Date | 15 Jan 1793 |
Level | Item |
Extent | 2 pp |
Language | English |
Notes | Smith replied 14 Feb [1793] |
PrevRefNo | 21.162 |
Finding_Aids | Dawson, 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 Name | Davies, Hugh (1739-1821) |
Access_Status | Open |