Dietrich Heinrich Stoever, Altona, near Hamburg, [Germany], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/9/72
Title Dietrich Heinrich Stoever, Altona, near Hamburg, [Germany], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 8 Oct 1791
Author(s) Dietrich Heinrich Stoever 1767-1822
Number of Pages 6

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GB-110/JES/COR/9/72 from Dietrich Heinrich Stoever, Altona, near Hamburg, [Germany], to James Edward Smith (8 October 1791)

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Item Type: Document
From: Stoever, Dietrich Heinrich
Sent from: Hamburg, Germany
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Moved to write to Smith on account of his "glorious reputation" and his "benevolent and friendly spirit". He has been working on a biography of Linnaeus for the last three years; requests response from Smith on several questions regarding the purchase of the Linnaean collections, as several unconfirmed or false tales are circulating: 1. what price did Smith pay and in which year; 2. what did the purchase include; 3. asks if Smith is producing new editions of "Species plantarum" and "Systema naturae", as reported in French edition of Pulteney's "General view of the writings of Linnaeus", and whether Smith has published anything else based on Linnaeus' collections; 4. requests one or two memorable letters from Linnaeus' correspondence; 5. asks after foundation of the Linnean Society.
News of Linnaeus' widow and daughters. A monument to Linnaeus to be erected in front of the Uppsala Academy's new garden, at royal expense. His friend, Professor Giseke of Hamburg, is to publish Linnaeus' "Praelectiones in ordines naturales plantarum"
Also a page taken from "Benlag; zu des Hamburgischen unparthenischen Correspondenten" no. 160, dated 7 Oct 1791, in German.

Letter date: 8 Oct 1791
Languages: Latin
Prev Ref No: 9.136
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 21 Nov [1791]
CopiesEnglish translation available from Linnean Society Library.
Finding AidsDawson, 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 MaterialPulteney, R, (1781). "A general view of the writings of Linnaeus." London: T. Payne and B. White. Linnaeus, C, Fabricius, J C, and Giseke, P D, (1792). "Praelectiones in ordines naturales plantarum." Hamburg: Impensis Benj. Gottl. Hoffmanni.
Publn NoteSmith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, pp.389-393.