From:
William Withering
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
16 May 1804
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/ADD/114, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Sending box to Linnean Society containing 400 plants gathered in Portugal by himself and his father, [William Withering], most of which are present in the catalogue he presented to the Society last spring. Comments on "unfortunate necessity which most men now feel of forsaking the milder sciences which can only flourish in peaceable times, for the barbarous study of War".
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London