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GB-110/JES/COR/9/84
Title
Olof Swartz, Stockholm, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
12 Dec 1792
Author(s)
Olof Peter Swartz 1760-1818
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/84 from Olof Swartz, Stockholm, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith (12 December 1792)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/9/84 from Olof Swartz, Stockholm, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith (12 December 1792) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Swartz, Olof Peter
Sent from:
Stockholm, Sweden
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Received Smith's letter of May 1791 and "Reliquiae rudbeckianae" through [Carl Peter] Thunberg. Directions for Smith to acquire copy of his "Observationes botanicae". Thanks for Smith's observations on the 'Carex' specimens he sent, recently found the true 'Carex brizoides' which makes 'Carex hudsonii' a new species. Smith unanimously elected as a foreign member of Swedish Academy of Sciences. Asks if his 'Psychotria pavetta' is the same as 'Ixora americana' or 'Ixora alba' [Smith has annotated "no" against both], explains his doubts. Asks if Smith has had any news of [Adam] Afzelius in Sierra Leone, heard report of an attack on the settlement.
Letter date:
12 Dec 1792
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
9.158
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 | Rudbeck, O T E, Smith, J E (ed.), et al, (1789). "Reliquiae rudbeckianae, sive camporum elysiorum libri primi, olim Olao Rudbeckio patre et filio, Upsaliae anno 1702 editi quae supersunt, adjectis nominibus Linnaeanis ..." Londini: Imprensis Editoris. Swartz, O, (1791). "Observationes botanicae quibus plantae Indiae occidentalis aliaeque systematis vegetabilium ed. XIV illustrantur earumque characteres passim emendantur..." Erlanga: Palmus. |
| Additional | Smith replied 11 May 1794 |
