John Fraser, Charleston, South Carolina, to Sir James Edward Smith

Summary

Sending Smith a parcel containing specimens of the Indian breadroot and first two numbers of [Stephen] Elliott's "Sketch of the botany of South Carolina and Georgia". During his journey from east Florida he met Dr [William] Baldwin, "a very intelligent botanist & indefatigable traveller", who has given him a letter and parcel of specimens to forward to Smith on his return.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN45

From

John Fraser

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

3 Apr 1817

Sent from

Charleston, South Carolina

Source of text

GB-110/JES/ADD/34, 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.

• John Fraser
• Sir James Edward Smith