John Latham, Dartford, [Kent], to Robert Batty, 6 Great Marlborough Street, [London]

Summary

[Note: letter written to Robert Batty] Thanks for news of safe arrival of Linnaean collections; he had seen some of the books at Customs House whilst collecting a parcel of insects sent from St Petersburg. Sends his compliments to Smith and invites him to Dartmouth, and asks to view the Linnaean collections when possible, never thought it would "fall to the lot of an Englishman to possess" them.

[Smith has noted his reply:] invites Latham to see the collections.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2229

From

John Latham

To

Robert Batty

Date

15 Nov 1784

Sent from

Dartford, Kent

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/23/52, 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.

• John Latham
• Robert Batty