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GB-110/JES/COR/1/17
Title
Johan Gustaf Acrel, Uppsala, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
21 Dec 1789
Author(s)
Johan Gustaf Acrel 1741-1801
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/1/17 from Johan Gustaf Acrel, Uppsala, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (21 December 1789)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/1/17 from Johan Gustaf Acrel, Uppsala, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (21 December 1789) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Acrel, Johan Gustaf
Sent from:
Uppsala, Sweden
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Anxious for news of Smith. Introduces Dr Signuel, bearer of this letter. Sending [Carl] Thunberg's most recent dissertations, completing collection of his "academic specimens". Sending work on Greek 'Staphylini' for Smith, [Jonas] Dryander, and [Sir Joseph] Banks. Requests recent "Materia medica".
Letter date:
21 Dec 1789
Languages:
Latin
Prev Ref No:
1.31
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 6 Aug 1790 |
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
| 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. |
