Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Wentworth, Mary Watson-
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sorry she could not see Smith and [Adam] Afzelius before latter departs [for Sierra Leone], "there is something in the countenance & manner of that little man that shews a Goodness which interests very much ones good wishes"; hopes he will find "both advantage & satisfaction in his botanical researches". Asks Smith to pay Afzelius for works by [Carl Peter] Thunberg and ask whether they will be completed, and to give him ten guineas to purchase botanical materials as "a remembrance of Hillingdon [her home in Middlesex]". Disappointed in her recent change of servants; hopes Smith and the [Harvey] Spraggs will visit to revive her spirits.
An 'Atamasco' lily in flower in her room; thinks the drawing is not correct. Congratulates Smith on "all the honours & glories surrounding him". Smith very good to give up his François [Borone, who travelled to Sierra Leone with Afzelius as his botanical assistant].
Letter date:
10 Mar 1792
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.204
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 17 [Mar 1792] |
| 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. |
