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From:
Thomas Marsham
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
29 Jan 1797
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/ADD/61, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Attended a meeting of the Printing Committee with [Samuel] Goodenough and [Jonas] Dryander, where they closed the volume with Smith's paper on 'Salisburia'; Smith's paper on 'Myrti' and [Bracy] Clark's on 'Oestrus' "carry it rather beyond the limits we proposed". The evening meeting was very well attended; list of attendees; after the meeting [John] Rising [(1753-1817), portrait and subject painter] showed Smith's portrait which was "much admired" and a print subscribed to.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London