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LINNEAN495

From:
Carl Peter Thunberg
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
3 Jun 1793
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/10/32, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Sending two of his papers, ready for publication, and some plants, including a lichen from Japan, possibly 'Lichen saccharinus', 'Gnidia pinifolia' Linnaeus, and 'Passerina filiformis' and 'P. ericoides', for comparison. Hopes Smith received the parcel sent in April containing plants, articles, and description of 'Hemionitis parasitica'.

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LINNEAN2238

From:
John Latham
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
3 Jun 1793
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/23/60, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Pleased his response to Smith's enquiries about 'Lithospermum' was satisfactory. Prices for his "Synopsis of birds" and "Index [ornithologicus]".

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The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN528

From:
Martha Watt
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
3 Jun 1793
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/10/62, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Touched by Smith's letter regarding her father [John Ellis (c 1710-1776), zoologist]. Would like to see Smith's collections when she is next in London.

[On the reverse of this letter is a note by Pleasance Smith stating that Mrs Watt was the only child of John Ellis FRS, "illustrous as the author of a work on Corallines" and direction to an additional letter in the "Memoirs and Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith" [see RelatedMaterial below]]

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