Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Alexander Macleay

Summary

Sorry to hear Macleay has been "attacked by my old enemy in the lungs", warns him to be careful in the severe weather, which is much like that which made him so ill in 1812. Will soon send a paper on "fishes from America" [by Samuel Latham Mitchill] for Linnean Society meeting. Requests Macleay's servant to deliver two letters to Fludyer Street, [London, home of George D'Oyly].

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN308

From

Sir James Edward Smith

To

Alexander Macleay

Date

27 Dec 1814

Sent from

Norwich, Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/AM/87, 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.

• Alexander Macleay
• Sir James Edward Smith