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GB-110/JES/COR/4/1
Title
Jean Pierre Marie Dana, Turin, [Italy], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
19 Aug 1789
Author(s)
Jean Pierre Marie Dana -1801
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/4/1 from Jean Pierre Marie Dana, Turin, [Italy], to James Edward Smith (19 August 1789)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/4/1 from Jean Pierre Marie Dana, Turin, [Italy], to James Edward Smith (19 August 1789) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Dana, Jean Pierre Marie
Sent from:
Turin, Italy
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Thanks Smith for Linnean Society diploma and Smith's paper on the "propagation of species". In return sends Smith Correspondent Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin diploma, procured on 4 June 1789, and hopes in time to propose him as an Associate Foreign Member, if Smith would fulfill the criteria by sending further papers to be read. Offers to send memoirs of the society and asks for seeds of 'Smithia'. Asks whether Smith would like to be an Associate Foreign Member of the Royal Agricultural Society of Turin. On behalf of Smith shall liase with the booksellers Reycends on the sale of Smith's works. Asks for his respects to be given to Sir Joseph Banks.
Letter date:
19 Aug 1789
Languages:
French
Prev Ref No:
4.6
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 | Smith, J E, (1786). "Disputatio physiologica inauguralis. Quaedam de Generatione complectens" Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Fratres Murray. |
| Additional | Smith replied 24 Nov [1789] |
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
