From:
William Beeston Coyte
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
5 Jan [1807]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/ADD/13, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Arrangement [of his "Index plantarum" (1807)]. States that should he die before Smith his manuscripts and any part of his botanical library that Smith does not have will be his.
[Note in Smith's hand] "this proved, on enquiry after his death, to be altogether fallacious".
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London