Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel
Sent from:
Palermo, Sicily
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Introduces himself to Smith on strength of his belief that all naturalists in the world should be in communication and promote their studies by exchanging materials and observations. He and Bivona both desire to establish a correspondence with Smith. Sends a fasciculus of his of 16 Sicilian plants [extant]. Publishing a work on new Sicilian genera and species, principally fish, zoophytes, and marine plants; will send copies to Smith and Linnean Society and sends plates of fish now [extant].
Requests to be proposed a FMLS or corresponding member. They intend to institute a Sicilian Linnean Society, modelled on the British one. Lists papers he would like published in England. Sending north American and Sicilian plants for comparison with Linnaean specimens, including 'Euphorbia myrsinites'.
"Fasciculus of 16 Sicilian plants", list of plants that will appear in the work [1 p].
Plates of 21 fish, uncoloured [7 pp].
Letter date:
25 May 1809
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
25.1
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Related Material | For Rafinesque's corrections of some plants, see JES/COR/9/21. |
| 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. |
