Francis Buchanan, 34 Suffolk Street, [London], to James Edward Smith

Letter and/or further information available at http://linnean-online.org/61604/.

Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.

Please cite as “LINNEAN1717,” in Ɛpsilon: The Linnean Society of London Collection accessed on 9 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/linnean-society/letters/LINNEAN1717

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The new Governor-General [Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751-1814)] not sailing before Christmas. Had hoped to visit Smith in Norwich but delayed in his attempts to be named [William] Roxburgh's successor in India by Roxburgh having pushed for his son's appointment instead. Asks Smith to obtain [Amelia] Hume's support "or at least her being quiet".

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Record number: LINNEAN1717
From: Francis Hamilton
To: Sir James Edward Smith
Date: 4 Nov 1806
Sent from: London
Source of text: GB-110/JES/COR/2/130, The Linnean Society of London
Language: English

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Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.

Francis Buchanan, 34 Suffolk Street, [London], to James Edward Smith

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