From:
Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
1 Jan 1789
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/1/113, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Asks for news.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
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Asks for news.
Letter sent by Broussonet in Paris to Smith in London. Thanks for election as FMLS. His brother's studies, hopes to take him to London and Edinburgh. De Jussieu. Lemonnier appointed Physician to Louis XVI.
Asks for introductions for [Guillaume-Antoine] Olivier.
Criticisms of Smith's plates. [Jean-Baptiste] Lamarck appointed Botanist to Louis XVI. Lamarck on 'Calceolaria plantaginea'. Sends 'Aquilegia viscosa'.
Opinion of [François] Borone. Military service. "The mob" misrepresented.
Introduces L'Escallier.
Introduces Wibourg. Asks Smith to send a telescope and some pieces of "very English" music.