Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith

Summary

Has received a letter from [Pierre Marie Auguste] Broussonet in Tangier, [Morocco], and forwarded to Smith a parcel of specimens collected in Barbary by Broussonet. Is sending a collector to New South Wales, asks for any papers from "Linnean Transactions" on plants of the area. Has received letters from [Friedrich Conrad] Hornemann, who was intending to set out for the interior of Africa on 12 September, following difficulties with the French. Thanks Mrs Smith for turkeys.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN415

From

Sir Joseph Banks

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

9 Dec 1798

Sent from

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/1/63, 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.