In Italy; the collections arrived in Paris; insects almost entirely destroyed but plants in good state; thanks to Smith and Banks for having procurred their return.
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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).
In Italy; the collections arrived in Paris; insects almost entirely destroyed but plants in good state; thanks to Smith and Banks for having procurred their return.
Hopes Smith's move to Norwich is successful. [Jonas] Dryander opposes [Richard] Salisbury's plan to publish "the heaths" with new names that are expressive of their differences ['Species of 'Erica'', "Linnean Transactions"]. Royal Society news: Prince William of Gloucester [and Edinburgh (1743-1805)] was proposed and a paper on the freezing of quicksilver with nitrous acid was read. Asks to be remembered to [John] Pitchford. Smith's turkey "excellent".