Gregory Boraston, Queen's College, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London

Summary

His health did not benefit much by the Italian air [Boraston had wintered in Italy]; cold weather in Florence and Pisa; regrets not visiting Nice; inconvenience of making long journies alone. Left Spallanzani's response to Mr Hunter [on animal digestion] with Dr [William] Thomson [(c 1760-1806), mineralogist and physician]; many requests to peruse it. Will send impressions from Tozzetti of 'Fucus', described by Micheli, found near Florence. On his return through Milan visited Count Castiglioni, whose brother, Luigi, remembers meeting Smith; preparing history of plants and forest trees of North America; astonished by collections of the Milanese, particularly the Marquis d'Angubola's natural history collection; Societa Patriotica.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN1990

From

Gregory Boraston

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

15 Jul 1790

Sent from

Oxford, Oxfordshire

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/21/3, 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.

• Gregory Boraston
• Sir James Edward Smith