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GB-110/JES/COR/14/65 from Edmund Davall, Orbe, [Switzerland], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (6 December 1793)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/14/65 from Edmund Davall, Orbe, [Switzerland], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (6 December 1793) Close
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Hopes Smith received parcel sent on 13 October via Mr Sympson containing two letters for Smith and three parcels of seed including 'Minuartia campestris', 'Androsace lactea', and 'Lavatera punctata'.
Transcribes, in French, conversation with and letter from [Jacob] Wyttenbach about a Berne fireworks display which cost more than Haller's collections which the Berne authorities had refused to buy; laments that Haller's herbarium is not available for consultation in Berne. Unable to forward Smith's parcel to [Jacques] Dorthes in Montpellier as communications between there and Geneva have ceased.
Lists reasons for delays with his book: ill-health, lack of space, greater temptation of the "delightful verdure of the country", bad winter light, expanding his herbarium, caring for his garden, his wife's ill health , death of their first child, and family matters. As foreseen by Smith he was too communicative about his plans and Haller's son has taken advantage: after sending him specimens and observations received a manuscript titled "Tentamen additament" or "ad Hist. Stirp. Helv." to be printed in a German magazine in Berne containing articles Haller had no idea of before their "imprudent communications". Infant son in good health.
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. |
Related Material | For Davall's note on Smith's letter of 2 July 1793 mentioning Dorthes parcel, see JES/COR/14/60. For Smith's reply of 12/14 March 1794 see JES/COR/14/67. Haller, A v, (1795). "Icones plantarum Helvetiae, ex ipsius historia stirpium Helveticarum denuo recusae... Additis notis editoris (Jac[ob] Sam[uel] Wyttenbach)." Berna: Societas Typographica. |
Additional | Smith replied 12/14 Mar 1794 |