From:
Sir George Thomas Staunton
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
5 May 1801
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/25/87, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Having being requested by Government General of Bengal to gather informtion on the cultivation of cotton in China, he met with the subject at considerable length in a Chinese work, which has been translated and is now enclosed as a paper for the Linnean Society [see RelatedMaterial below].
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London