From:
John Lightfoot
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
1 Sep 1785
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/6/121, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Thanks Smith for trying to bring himself and [John] Pitchford together. Grief at death of the Duchess of Portland [Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785) wife of 2nd Duke of Portland], her collection to be auctioned February and March 1786 in Whitehall.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London