Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet, Montpellier, [France], to James Edward Smith, at Mrs Beveridge's, St Patrick's Street, Edinburgh

Summary

Linnaeus [the Younger] and [Jonathan] Stokes in Paris. Has been botanising with [John] Sibthorp and found some new Lichens. Death of Yeates. 'Lichen perlatus'. Wishes to join the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, and in return offering Smith assistance should he wish to join any French academies.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN454

From

Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

20 Jan 1783

Sent from

Montpellier, France

Sent to

Edinburgh

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/1/99, The Linnean Society of London

Language

French

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.