Encloses 8 sheets of translations [of Linnaeus' Lapland travel journal, for Smith's "Lachesis Lapponica"] as a sample should Smith decide to have the whole translated; justifies the cheaper rate he charged [William George] Maton for translating letters [for his "A general view of the writings of Linnaeus"] on account of increased difficulty of hand and content.

Calculations for cost of translating the whole tour journal.

Negotiates price for translating Linnaeus' travel journal [for Smith's "Lachesis Lapponica"]; difficulties of such an undertaking, including impact on his personal time and uncertainty how many folios it will fill.

Encloses list of members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the year 1803 [extant]. Notes on some of the members.

Handwritten list of the members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the year 1803 [8 pp].

Returns part of the original and sheets of the translation [of Linnaeus' Lapland travel journal, for Smith's "Lachesis Lapponica"]; explains his conventions.

Pleased his translations [of Linnaeus' Lapland travel journal, for Smith's "Lachesis Lapponica"] meet with Smith's approval; now that he is finished can say he never had such a difficult task; left as much of the Latin as possible for Smith to translate. Recommends Tuneld's "Geography of Sweden", if it has been translated into English, to assist in identifying Linnaeus' locations, and De la Motrage's "Voyage"; Linnaeus' bad spelling has made the location names "quite intelligible".

Account of folios submitted and forthcoming, and bill owing to him; justifies his charges, currently standing at £82 3s 4d.

Received Smith's letter of 29 August [1804]; will wait for payment for his translation [of Linnaeus' Lapland travel journal, for Smith's "Lachesis Lapponica"] until after Smith has heard from the booksellers. Sorry Smith has so much Latin left to translate. Defends his non-correction of the geographical words, having followed the same spelling as in the original, but offers to look over them before printing.

[Smith has briefly annotated his repsonse on second folio:] White [publisher] will pay Troilius his translation fees but requests a little indulgence with the money.

Asks Smith to write to White [publisher] to confirm the amount he is due for his translation [of Linnaeus' Lapland travel journal, for Smith's "Lachesis Lapponica"].

[Smith has drafted his reply on verso of second folio]: has agreed with White to pay Troilius £60 for the translation; explains his deal with White and the need to ascertain the value of Troilius' translation in comparison to others and the fact that the final translation was less complete through Troilius not knowing Latin. Asks Troilius to suggest suitable amount over £60 to compensate for this trouble.