Series 18: Correspondence, being mainly letters received by Banks from George Caley, 1795-1809, 1814
Series 18: Correspondence, being mainly letters received by Banks from George Caley, 1795-1809, 1814
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1795-1809, 1814
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SAFE/Banks Papers/Series 18 (Safe 1/457)
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102 documents
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George Caley laid the foundations of his botanical knowledge by working first in the gardens of his home town, Manchester, and then in the Chelsea Physic Garden. Sir Joseph Banks arranged for his transfer to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew to allow Caley to familiarise himself with the Australian plants there. He was to become a collector, in Bank...
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Series 18: Correspondence, being mainly letters received by Banks from George Caley, 1795-1809, 1814
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Most of the documents in this series were previously located at ML A79-1. Caley's maps and charts, documents 81-90, were previously located at ML A80-3. Document 39 was previously located at ML A79-3. These papers, together with those located at ML A79-1, were purchased in 1884 from Lord Brabourne by Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General for New South...
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SAFE/Banks Papers/Series 18 (Safe 1/457)
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1l4dLWJ1
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1293104
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