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GB-110/JES/COR/4/5
Title
Jean Pierre Marie Dana, Turin, [Italy], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
[Sep 1793]
Author(s)
Jean Pierre Marie Dana -1801
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/4/5 from Jean Pierre Marie Dana, Turin, [Italy], to James Edward Smith (September 1793)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Dana, Jean Pierre Marie
Sent from:
Turin, Italy
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sending books to Smith on the ship "Buxton", captained by Clement Wertz, including 30 copies of Smith's [unspecified] paper on ferns and six copies of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin's fifth volume, one for Smith and the others to be distributed to Mr Priestly, Mr Herschel, the Astronomical Society of London, the Society of Philadelphia, and the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Boston. Has not sent the six volumes of memoirs of the Royal Agricultural Society of Turin because of the risk of the sea voyage in the present time of war. All correspondence with the French is being intercepted and the route through Germany is not suitable for packages. [Carlo] Allioni sends his respects.
Letter date:
[Sep 1793]
Languages:
French
Prev Ref No:
4.1
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Additional | Smith received 21 Oct 1795 and replied 24 May 1794 |
| 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. |
