From:
Joseph Caffarena
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
5 Apr 1790
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/4/95, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Comments on the petrified wood sent by Baron de la Turpie, who is now the King of Sardinia's ambassador to the Empress of Russia. Feels his advancing age. Introduces Mrs Langford, daughter of Thomas Sainsbury, Alderman of Billingsgate. Ippolito Durazzo's wife has recently given birth to a son. Caffarena's own youngest son wishes "serve his king and country in the navy".
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London