He is now comfortably settled in this place, invites Smith to visit at any time. Sends specimen of 'Narthecium ossifragum', found locally, and an unidentified leaf. Hopes to take up his "labyrinthic essay" in the winter.
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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).
He is now comfortably settled in this place, invites Smith to visit at any time. Sends specimen of 'Narthecium ossifragum', found locally, and an unidentified leaf. Hopes to take up his "labyrinthic essay" in the winter.
Almost finished editing text of his "labyrinthic essay" [on the trachea of birds, see RelatedMaterial below], and drawings nearly done; his concerns, details of the text and drawings
Encloses papers and drawings from Colonel [George] Montagu [(1753-1815)] for Linnean Society; Montagu wishes to know whether the sandpiper with red legs and dark body colour is a new species; Latham notes it is similar to 'Tringa maritima' of Norway and Iceland, and one brought from Quebec by Colonel Davies; observations on latter. Also Montagu's accounts of 'Motacilla sylvatica' and 'Alanda petrosa'.
Latham's recommendations for publication of these observations, considering recent publications on the same species.