From:
Thomas Pennant
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
20 Nov 1791
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/8/22, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
References to "poon tree" of India in "Raii hist. 11. p. - & Ives's Voy[age] 46a", from which masts are made. Sends an oak leaf "filled with some matters" that Hugh Davies could not determine. Declines membership of Linnean Society but proposes his son David.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London