Title:
Adam Afzelius, Free Town, Sierra Leone, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Type:
Image
Licence:
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Repository:
The Linnean Society of London
Collection:
Smith Correspondence
Reference number:
JES/COR/1/24
Archival level:
Item
Creator name:
Afzelius, Adam (1750-1837)
Date:
2 Jul 1792
Placement:
Volume 1
Extent:
4 pp
Language:
en
Description:
Has arrived safely but owing to the confusion of the colony they do not have anywhere to dry plants or write observations, so prevented from collecting, which is disappointing. Has sent some bulbs and seeds, including 'Hamanthus mulliflorus' and 'Amaryllis ornata'. Happy to have [François] Borone as his travel companion. Requests to be sent [Joseph] Ga[e]rtner's "de Seminibus", Schreber's "Genera Plantarum", and the "Vegetable Kingdom" of Gmelin's System. If not for the efforts of John Clarkson [abolitionist and 1st Governor of Free Town] he would have tired of Sierra Leone. Comments on the effort Clarkson will have to make to achieve his "laudable intentions". Cannot send [Thomas] Marsham any insects for the same reasons he has not been able to collect plants.
Sender:
Afzelius, Adam
Sent from location:
Free Town, Sierra Leone
Recipient:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Notes:
Smith replied 27 Aug [1792]
Related material:
Gaertner, J., (1788-1805). "De fructibus et seminibus plantarum ..." Stutgardia: Typ. Academia Carolina.Schreber, J C D V, (1774). "Plantarum Verticillatorum Unilabiatarum genera et species." Lipsiae: Apud Sigfr. Leb. Crusium.
Publication note:
Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, p.54.
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:
1.43
