William Withering, The Larches, [Birmingham, Warwickshire], to James Edward Smith, at the apartments of the Linnean Society, Panton Square, Coventry Street, 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".

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN18

From

William Withering

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

16 May 1804

Sent from

Birmingham, Warwickshire

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/ADD/114, The Linnean Society of London

Language

English

Contributor

The Linnean Society of London[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.