John Latham, Dartford, [Kent], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London

Summary

Thanks for letter and "Linnean Transactions" vol 1. He has been working on 'Hyale' and 'Palaeno' and has distinguished the two "saffron butterflies", convinced the first is Linnaeus' 'Electra', gives character.

Notes and corrections on "Linnean Transactions", including [William] Markwick's paper [see RelatedMaterial below]. Death of Professor Lehnberg of Stockholm. Hopeful that reports of Dr [Anders] Sparrman's [(1748-1820)] death are groundless.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2233

From

John Latham

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

23 Jul 1791

Sent from

Dartford, Kent

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/23/56, 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
• Sir James Edward Smith