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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/1/32
Title
Adam Afzelius, Free Town, Sierra Leone, to James Edward Smith
Letter date
3 Jun 1795
Author(s)
Adam Afzelius 1750-1837
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/1/32 from Adam Afzelius, Free Town, Sierra Leone, to James Edward Smith (3 June 1795)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/1/32 from Adam Afzelius, Free Town, Sierra Leone, to James Edward Smith (3 June 1795) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Afzelius, Adam
Sent from:
Free Town, Sierra Leone
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Concern for health of Smith and Smith's father's. [François] Borone's "melancholy and premature" death. Thanks Smith, Sir Joseph Banks, [Thomas] Marsham and Mr Forster for resupplying him following the French attack on Free Town.
Letter date:
3 Jun 1795
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
1.54
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Related Material | For Afzelius' description of the French attack on Free Town in his letter to Smith of 19 November 1794, see JES/COR/1/31. For John Sibthorp's account of death of Borone, see JES/COR/5/39. |
