Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Geneva, Switzerland
To:
Smith, James
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Hopes his father received his letter of 4 August [1787]. Kindness of Messrs Malanot and Maghit; their regard for his father. His calls on cloth merchants and investigations into silk production. Mr Malanot so excessively hospitable as to make him uneasy. Invited by de Sousa, the Portuguese ambassador, to meet all the corps diplomatique. Has met a Milanese boy who is "such a treasure" he intends to bring him back to England, and is so clever he intends to "make him earn" what he costs [François Borone]. Account of a botanical excursion he made to Mount Cenis with de Sousa and other botanists and natural philosophers. Account of his arrival in Geneva, which "swarms with English people"; so far has only met Professor Zimmerman; meeting Mr Bonnet tomorrow. After Geneva will visit the glaciers, Lausanne, Berne, Basle, and Strasbourg, before reaching Paris.
Letter date:
27 Aug 1787
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.151
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
