From:
Richard Pulteney
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
24 Apr 1796
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/8/77, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Congratulates Smith on marriage. Anxious for L'Héritier, hopes he can finish "Stirpes novae" and "Gerania", asks if [Antonio] Cavanilles second volume is published. Suffered from ill-health in the last winter, discusses the proverb relating to doctors "that they never get meat till they have no teeth".
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London