A copy of W. Say's engraving of F. Chantrey's bust of Smith, a brief general introduction by Pleasance Smith, and a contents page that preceeds the letters.

A title page and contents page of Volume 9 of James Edward Smith's Correspondence

A title page and contents page of Volume 10 of James Edward Smith's Correspondence

A title page of Volume 11: Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith and Samuel Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle

Letter accompanying the nineteen volumes of Sir James Edward Smith's scientific correspondence, in which she stipulates two conditions concerning the volumes: one, that they never be removed from the Linnean Society's rooms for perusal, and second, that should the Society cease to exist the letters not be dispersed but placed in the British Museum with the library of Sir Joseph Banks. Includes envelope.

A title page of Volume 12: Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith and Samuel Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle

A title page of Volume 13: Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith and Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, 7th baronet

Sir James [Edward Smith's] health considerably improved and muscle strength regained since they met at Saxmundham, [Suffolk]. Smith constantly working at his "[English] Flora". If Lady Cullum were Smith's patient he would prescribe her James's powders for her feverish symptoms. Read of Sir William Watson's death [(1744-1824), physician and naturalist]. Regrets that Mrs Cullum [Cullum's daughter-in-law] is still ill; recommends she walk up and down the "hanging tower at Pisa". Enjoying reading Lady Morgan's [(1781-1859)] "tour in Italy". Their friend Miss Trafford in Florence accompanying the Queen and Princesses of Haiti [Marie Louise Christophe (1778-1851), wife of Henri I, and Françoise-Améthyste (d 1831) and Athénaïs (d 1838)].

A title page of Volume 14: Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith and Edmund Davall