Envies Smith his access to Sir Joseph Banks as he has no library or collections. Promises Lichens.
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The Linnean Society of London Collection
The scientific and personal correspondence of James Edward Smith (1759-1828), purchaser of the collections of Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) and founder of the Linnean Society of London in 1788, was presented to the Linnean Society between 1857 and 1872 by his widow Pleasance Smith (1773-1877). Since then, it has been complemented by additional series. The collection was catalogued, conserved, and digitised from 2010 to 2013, thanks to the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Letters can be searched through Ɛpsilon, with links to images and summaries available on the Linnean Society’s Online Collections (http://linnean-online.org/smith_correspondence.html).
Envies Smith his access to Sir Joseph Banks as he has no library or collections. Promises Lichens.
Thanks Smith for introduction to Marquis Ippolito Durazzo.
Enquiries about Linnaean collections.
Count Castigliani of Milan.
Felicitations on Smith's Linnaean collections. His mother has died. Asks Smith to have mourning ring made.
Has edited works of [Pierre Richer de] Belleval.
Smith elected Correspondent Member of Société Royale d'Agriculture. Cavanilles' work on 'Malvaceoe'. A beaver in the Rhone. [Charles Louis] L'Héritier [de Brutelle] in London. [Sir Joseph] Banks and [Olof] Swartz. List of economic plants acquired.
Arrival of Dr Young. Gerard on 'Lathyrus amphicarpos'. Economic plants. 'Medicago arborea'. Advises Smith to visit the botanists at Strasbourg, France.
Natural History Society formed in Paris, sends names of members.
Advises Smith to write to Noailles. Is working on Mammals and collecting insects. A recipe for preparing potato-pulp.
Asks Smith to receive some friends visiting England.
Progress of Société Royale d'Agriculture. Dominicetti's baths. His brother studying botany.
Asks for news.
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.