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Letter from Captain J.H.[James Henry] Lawrence-Archer to Sir William Jackson Hooker; from Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth, [England]; 7 Mar 1862; two page letter comprising two images; folio 11
Date Updated: 4 October 2012
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Resource Type
Letters (Correspondence)
Creator
Lawrence-Archer, Captain James Henry
Date
18620307
Source
Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Relation
Directors' Correspondence 56/11
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
Lawrence-Archer writes that he has just returned from China with his regiment, the 60th Rifles, and has brought with him a small collection of seeds. He gathered them himself at various places, including: Mauritius, Anjer, Ascension and St Vincent. Lawrence-Archer also has other items, including: bulbs, peculiar cones, a Chinese wet weather suit made from palm leaves, and specimens of different kinds of paper made by the Chinese. Lawrence-Archer offers to send Hooker any of these items he might want and adds that he also collected various cereal grains in the neighbourhood of Pekin [Beijing]. Lawrence-Archer provides a secondary address: 6 Westend Terrace, Winchester. Page 1 of 2.
Identifier
KDCAS1822
Collection name
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Format extent (length/size)
2 images
Pages
2
Date Updated: 29 August 2012
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Resource Type
Letters (Correspondence)
Creator
Lawrence-Archer, Captain James Henry
Date
1862-03-07
Source
Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Relation
Directors' Correspondence 56/11
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
Lawrence-Archer writes that he has just returned from China with his regiment, the 60th Rifles, and has brought with him a small collection of seeds. He gathered them himself at various places, including: Mauritius, Anjer, Ascension and St Vincent. Lawrence-Archer also has other items, including: bulbs, peculiar cones, a Chinese wet weather suit made from palm leaves, and specimens of different kinds of paper made by the Chinese. Lawrence-Archer offers to send Hooker any of these items he might want and adds that he also collected various cereal grains in the neighbourhood of Pekin [Beijing]. Lawrence-Archer provides a secondary address: 6 Westend Terrace, Winchester. Page 1 of 2.
Identifier
KDCAS1822
Collection name
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Format extent (length/size)
2 images
Pages
2
Date Updated: 9 June 2011
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Resource Type
Letters (Correspondence)
Creator
Lawrence-Archer, Captain James Henry
07/03/1862
Source
Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Relation
Directors' Correspondence 56/11
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
Lawrence-Archer writes that he has just returned from China with his regiment, the 60th Rifles, and has brought with him a small collection of seeds. He gathered them himself at various places, including: Mauritius, Anjer, Ascension and St Vincent. Lawrence-Archer also has other items, including: bulbs, peculiar cones, a Chinese wet weather suit made from palm leaves, and specimens of different kinds of paper made by the Chinese. Lawrence-Archer offers to send Hooker any of these items he might want and adds that he also collected various cereal grains in the neighbourhood of Pekin [Beijing]. Lawrence-Archer provides a secondary address: 6 Westend Terrace, Winchester. Page 1 of 2.
Identifier
KDCAS1822
Collection name
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Format extent (length/size)
2 images
Pages
2
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