Encloses bill for books, discharging his account. Reluctant to purchase periodical works such as Hedwig's, owing to difficulty of completing them.
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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).
Encloses bill for books, discharging his account. Reluctant to purchase periodical works such as Hedwig's, owing to difficulty of completing them.
Thanks for Pulteney's letter of 25 July [1792], he is "quite well & stout again". Sending books, difficulties of getting books from Strasbourg now. Account of money owing. Grandmaison served himself just as he did Pulteney, knows little of him. Bulliard's "Fungi" complete and an excellent book, but doubts getting it from France. Going to Norfolk next week, to return end of September. Offers to acquire Hedwig's "Historia Muscorum".