Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Boyton House, [Wiltshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Henbury Hill, near Bristol

Summary

Introduces [William Henry Fox] Talbot of Lacock Abbey, [Wiltshire], nephew of [Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd] Marquess of Lansdowne [(1780-1863)]. Asks Smith's progress on third volume of the "Flora". Mentions again his acquisition of natural history drawings of [James] Bruce [(1730-1794) Scottish traveller], which "prove him to be a very different person than the world has thought him".

[Smith has annotated] "expect to reach Boyton Oct. 5 in the even.".

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN3034

From

Aylmer Bourke Lambert

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

2 Sep 1825

Sent from

Boyton, Wiltshire

Sent to

Bristol

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/6/97, The Linnean Society of London

Language

English

Contributor

The Linnean Society of London[View Ɛpsilon collection]

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