Thomas Marsham, Exchequer Loan Office, Royal Exchange, [London], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/ADD/66
Title Thomas Marsham, Exchequer Loan Office, Royal Exchange, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 10 Dec 1798
Author(s) Thomas Marsham 1747-1819
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/ADD/66 from Thomas Marsham, Exchequer Loan Office, Royal Exchange, [London], to James Edward Smith (10 December 1798)

Metadata for GB-110/JES/ADD/66 from Thomas Marsham, Exchequer Loan Office, Royal Exchange, [London], to James Edward Smith (10 December 1798) Close

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Item Type: Document
From: Marsham, Thomas
Sent from: London
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Read Smith's paper at last Linnean Society meeting to a "numerous audience", and never meets with less than 30 on a general night now, still short of papers for next meeting. Asks Smith's intentions for coming to London. Death of [Thomas] Pennant; thinks it a "shame" that none of his works were presented to the Society. Recently afflicted with "a severe fit of the stone". Requests description of 'Scarabaeus conspurcatus' if in Linnaean collections to clear confusion over it, and a magnified sketch by Mrs [Pleasance] Smith or one of his sisters. Criticises preface of Paykull's "Fauna Suecica", intends to attack both him and Fabricius in his own [for "Entomologia Britannica" (1802)].

Letter date: 10 Dec 1798
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 87
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsHutt, C M, "List of additional correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith" Linnean Society.
Related MaterialPaykull, G von, (1798-1800). "Fauna Suecica. Insecta." Upsalia: [printer:] Edman. Marsham, T, "Entomologia Britannica", London: White (1802).
AdditionalSmith replied 16 [Dec 1798]