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GB-110/JES/COR/9/102
Title
Nicholas Samuel Swederus, Paris, [France], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, [London]
Letter date
31 Mar 1786
Author(s)
Nicholas Samuel Swederus
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/102 from Nicholas Samuel Swederus, Paris, [France], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, [London] (31 March 1786)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/9/102 from Nicholas Samuel Swederus, Paris, [France], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, [London] (31 March 1786) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Swederus, Nicholas Samuel
Sent from:
Paris, France
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Thanks for Smith's hospitality whilst in England. Presumes Smith knows that [Pierre Marie Auguste] Broussonet is coming to England. Believes it "impossible for a man of sense that hath been sometime in England, to be satisfied with [France]". Remarks that the opposition between the "French and English fas[h]ions" exceeds what Smith had supposed and is waiting for Smith to arrive before giving his opinon of "childish and foolish manners" of the French. Paris contains very little of anything new in entomological collections, critical of the poor arrangement of the collections, especially the King's cabinet. Broussonet and another person are the only people to have their collections scientifically arranged.
Letter date:
31 Mar 1786
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
9.196
Additional Information:
Note type | Note |
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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. |
Additional | Smith replied 7 Jul [1786], from Leiden |