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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/19/44
Title
James Edward Smith, Genoa, [Italy], to James Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk], Angleterre
Letter date
30 Dec 1786
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/19/44 from James Edward Smith, Genoa, [Italy], to James Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk], Angleterre (30 December 1786)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/19/44 from James Edward Smith, Genoa, [Italy], to James Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk], Angleterre (30 December 1786) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Genoa, Italy
To:
Smith, James
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Arrived in Genoa evening before last, receiving his father's letters of 6 November and 7 December [1786]. Account of his [and William Younge's] journey from Marseilles to Genoa, including stop at Cottignae, where they met [Louis] Gerard, "one of the most famous European botanists of the Linnaean school", who gave him copies of two letters from Linnaeus, with leave to publish them, arranged future correspondence. Precipitous road from Nice to Genoa. Magnificance of the Marquis Durazzo's house. Dined with Mr Brame, the English consul; met Dr Batt, who gives no hopes of Mr Marsh's recovery. Keeping a full journal of his tour. His "Thesis" so incorrectly printed he is ashamed to send it out. Friendliness of the populace towards the English.
Letter date:
30 Dec 1786
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.115
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | James Smith replied 12 Feb [1787] |
| 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 James Smith's letter of 7 December 1786, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/19/43. Smith, J E, and Oosterdijk, N G , (1786). "Disputatio physiologica inauguralis. Quaedam de Generatione complectens ... ex auctoritate ... Nicolai Georgii Ooesterdyk, ... submittit Jacobus Eduardus Smith, ..." Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Fratres Murray. |
