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From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Unknown
Date:
May 1790
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/2/34, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

List of plants sent to Bellardi by Smith in addition to those marked in Bellardi's desiderata.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Anonymous
To:
Unknown
Date:
[1793]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/19/67, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Defends the Roman Catholic faith against Smith's attacks on it in "Sketch": criticises Smith for "picking nettles and moss" instead of visiting the Palace of Caserta, Naples; for commenting on art and statues but labelling a statue of the Virgin Mary "idolatory"; Smith's hypocrisy in despairing of lack of religious freedom in Turin but rejoicing at the anti-Catholic songs sung in Geneva. Defends the Catholic litany; remarks on religious liberty of Protestants in Rome compared to Catholic priests in England; points out that common people are superstitious in all countries, such as maids in London divining from tea leaves; criticises [Jean-Jacques] Rousseau's [(1712-1778), philosopher] contradictions.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
James Smith
To:
Unknown
Date:
1794-1799
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/JS/3, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Two pages of [James] Sowerby's account with Smith, the first dated 23 January 1794 and written by James Smith, detailing monies owed to Sowerby, and the second covering 1798-1799 and written by James Edward Smith's, detailing monies owed to Smith.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Edmund Davall
To:
Unknown
Date:
[May 1794]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/14/91, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Transcription of part of letter from [Jacob] Wyttenbach relating his knowledge of sale of Haller's collections and a fireworks display held in Berne the same year costing as much as the collections were sold for, including anecdotes on dispersal of specimens, the younger Haller and Wyttenbach's abandoned proposal to publish new edition of [Albrecht von] Haller's "Historia stirpium indigenarum".

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Unknown
Date:
9 May 1799
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/SM/9, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Epitaph on death of Emma Smith, wife of his brother, Frederick Smith.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London