Title:
Adam Afzelius, Free Town, Sierra Leone, to James Edward Smith
Type:
Image
Licence:
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Repository:
The Linnean Society of London
Collection:
Smith Correspondence
Reference number:
JES/COR/1/32
Archival level:
Item
Creator name:
Afzelius, Adam (1750-1837)
Date:
3 Jun 1795
Placement:
Volume 1
Extent:
2 pp
Language:
en
Description:
Concern for health of Smith and Smith's father's. [François] Borone's "melancholy and premature" death. Thanks Smith, Sir Joseph Banks, [Thomas] Marsham and Mr Forster for resupplying him following the French attack on Free Town.
Sender:
Afzelius, Adam
Sent from location:
Free Town, Sierra Leone
Recipient:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Related material:
For Afzelius' description of the French attack on Free Town in his letter to Smith of 19 November 1794, see JES/COR/1/31. For John Sibthorp's account of death of Borone, see JES/COR/5/39.
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.
Previous reference number:
1.54
