From:
Thomas Charles Hope
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
17 Jan 1789
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/23/26, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Unable to supply specimen of newly found crystalised mineral for [William] Thomson [(c 1760-1806), mineralogist and physician], as he only has one specimen himself. Pleased to hear Smith is composing his botanical lectures and undertaking new edition of "Systema [naturae]".
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London