Record

Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 38/117
Alt Ref No	126
Title	Papers of David Skene: correspondence: Letter from John Hope to David Skene
Date	5 January 1765
Extent	1 item
Administrative History	John Hope (1725–1786), physician and botanist
Description	Letter from John Hope to David Skene in which he states that he will propose Skene for the [Edinburgh] Philosophical Society; Lord Findlater and Mr Ross have recommended Skene to Lord Kaims; he asks if Skene would send him a paper to be read to the Society; Dr Leviston got into the College of Physicians although he keeps a shop and practices pharmacy but now there is an express law against allowing any one who kept a shop to join; the College has received a present of the first six volumes of J. Hill's 'The Vegetable System' and mentions Stillingfleet and Hudson in connection with this work; he discusses the need 'to establish the English name ... on the same successful basis as the Linnaean', 5 January 1765 (126)
Access Status	Open

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