Sir Joseph Banks, Spring Grove, [Isleworth, Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

Letter and/or further information available at http://linnean-online.org/61425/.

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

Please cite as “LINNEAN438,” in Ɛpsilon: The Linnean Society of London Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/linnean-society/letters/LINNEAN438

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Has resigned management of the King's [George III (1738-1820)] merino flock due to ill health. Only way Banks knows of obtaining the sheep is at the King's sale.

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Record number: LINNEAN438
From: Sir Joseph Banks
To: Sir James Edward Smith
Date: 24 Jul 1809
Sent from: Isleworth, Middlesex
Sent to: Norwich, Norfolk
Source of text: GB-110/JES/COR/1/84, 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.

Sir Joseph Banks, Spring Grove, [Isleworth, Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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