Edmund Davall, Pontarlier, Franche Comté, [France], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London

Summary

His trip to Paris: Broussonet took him to the Académie des Sciences in Paris and has enabled correspondence with Montpellier, [France]. [Jean Louis Antoine] Reynier [(1762-1824), botanist] meddling with politics and may end up in the Bastille; he is an observer of "considerable perspicacity" having determined 'Sonchus canadensis' without the the knowledge Smith had communicated. Purchased [Johan Daniel] Leers' ["Flora Herbornensis"] but plates are bad impressions.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN921

From

Edmund Davall

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

1 Feb 1789

Sent from

Pontarlier, Franche Comté, France

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/14/2, 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.