From:
Archibald Menzies
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
27 Dec 1819
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/24/21, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Thanks for turkey and parcel of Nepal mosses. Deaths of [Erik] Acharius, [Christiaan] Persoon, and [Daniel Rutherford], professor of botany at Edinburgh; understands it is a government appointment and already filled, though it would suit Smith.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London