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Letter from William Jameson to Sir William Jackson Hooker; from Quito [Ecuador]; 18 July 1843; two page letter comprising two images; folio 156
Date Updated: 5 March 2013
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Resource Type
Letters (Correspondence)
Creator
Jameson, William
Date
18430718
Source
Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Relation
Directors’ Correspondence 69/156
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
Jameson encloses some botanical notes that he intended to accompany a collection he is preparing. However, as this collection will go via the Cape it will not reach Hooker for some time. The yellow fever has finally disappeared but Jameson feels no inclination to return to Guayaquil. Jameson explains his reasons for wanting to proffer his services in the cause of botany, by collecting living plants, seeds and dried specimens. His rate would be £2 per hundred dried specimens, provided 12 subscribers could be found. His time is now entirely at his disposal and he is never so happy as when he is exploring. The French Consul, M. Mendeville leaves Quito in the next fortnight and by him Jameson sends his portrait and 12 or 13 drawings of Orchideae. Page 1 of 2.
Identifier
KLDC9619
Collection name
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Format extent (length/size)
2 images
Pages
2
Date Updated: 20 April 2009
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Resource Type
Letters (Correspondence)
Creator
Jameson, William
Date
1843-07-18
Source
Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Relation
Directors’ Correspondence 69/156
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
Jameson encloses some botanical notes that he intended to accompany a collection he is preparing. However, as this collection will go via the Cape it will not reach Hooker for some time. The yellow fever has finally disappeared but Jameson feels no inclination to return to Guayaquil. Jameson explains his reasons for wanting to proffer his services in the cause of botany, by collecting living plants, seeds and dried specimens. His rate would be £2 per hundred dried specimens, provided 12 subscribers could be found. His time is now entirely at his disposal and he is never so happy as when he is exploring. The French Consul, M. Mendeville leaves Quito in the next fortnight and by him Jameson sends his portrait and 12 or 13 drawings of Orchideae. Page 1 of 2.
Identifier
KLDC9619
Collection name
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Format extent (length/size)
2 images
Pages
2
Date Updated: 20 April 2009
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Resource Type
Creator
Jameson, William
Date
1843-07-18
Source
Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Relation
Directors’ Correspondence 69/156
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
Jameson encloses some botanical notes that he intended to accompany a collection he is preparing. However, as this collection will go via the Cape it will not reach Hooker for some time. The yellow fever has finally disappeared but Jameson feels no inclination to return to Guayaquil. Jameson explains his reasons for wanting to proffer his services in the cause of botany, by collecting living plants, seeds and dried specimens. His rate would be £2 per hundred dried specimens, provided 12 subscribers could be found. His time is now entirely at his disposal and he is never so happy as when he is exploring. The French Consul, M. Mendeville leaves Quito in the next fortnight and by him Jameson sends his portrait and 12 or 13 drawings of Orchideae. Page 1 of 2.
Identifier
KLDC9619
Collection name
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Format extent (length/size)
2 images
Pages
2
Date Updated: 20 April 2009
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Resource Type
Creator
Jameson, William
Date
1843-07-18
Source
Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Relation
Directors’ Correspondence 69/156
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
Jameson encloses some botanical notes that he intended to accompany a collection he is preparing. However, as this collection will go via the Cape it will not reach Hooker for some time. The yellow fever has finally disappeared but Jameson feels no inclination to return to Guayaquil. Jameson explains his reasons for wanting to proffer his services in the cause of botany, by collecting living plants, seeds and dried specimens. His rate would be £2 per hundred dried specimens, provided 12 subscribers could be found. His time is now entirely at his disposal and he is never so happy as when he is exploring. The French Consul, M. Mendeville leaves Quito in the next fortnight and by him Jameson sends his portrait and 12 or 13 drawings of Orchideae. Page 1 of 2.
Identifier
KLDC9619
Collection name
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Format extent (length/size)
2 images
Pages
2
Image 1 of 2
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