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Letter 21 August 1748, London to Carl Linnaeus, Uppsala. L0943.
(Text, Manuscript)
Language
Latin
Persons
Mitchell, John
, 1711-1768
(author)
Linné, Carl von
, 1707-1778
(addressee)
Incipit
Epistolas tuas a Domino Kalm
Origin
London
, Great Britain, August. 10. 1748
Physical description
Format:
Non digital + Digital, reformatted digital
Transcription
Clarissime Domine
Epistolas tuas a Domino Kalm brevi tantum ante ejus discessum accepi, ex quo tempore ruri praecipue legi, quod serius respondere coegit.
Ante tuas vero acceptas semina aliqout per D[omin]um Burgmester ad te misi, quae accepisse spero, cum Plantis plurimis vivis a Nobilissimo D[o]m[in]e Argothelia, quarum Catalogum exscripsi. Alias ille promittit, una cum Animali quod desideras, urso sc[ilicet] dicto
Raccoon
, quando data fuerit occasio.
Gratias ago summas pro Dissertationibus a D[omin]o Kalm acceptas. omnes mihi arridebant, praesertim vero Dissertat[io] de Viribus Plantarum, quam Botanices partem praecipue colui, ut & aqua de Cineribus clavellatis. Si quas alias ad has res spectantes habes, quaeso dicas quales & quae sunt.
An habes tractatum aliquem de modo conficiendi Picem apud Danos Norvegos , vel Suecos. Curiosa quidem ars est, & aqua Picis liquidae summopere jam a plurimis laudatur, scriptis de ea evulgatis apud nos plurimis.
Incepta tua de Speciebus Plantarum & Systemate Naturae, nequeunt non gratissima esse orbi literato, & ardenter expectantur. Haud mihi licet prae otis impraesentiarum observationes quascumque isthuc spectantes transcribere; sufficit indicare, me Plantas Americanas haud paucas ad tuum Systema revocasse, sed nihil reperi quod lectorem candidum remorari potuit.
Plantas quidem aliquot lubenter misissem, si non a Pyratis penitus spoliatae, & a maris injuriis adeo corruptae fuissent, ut ex mille & ultra plantis, vix unicus supersit flos. a Virginia enim ad Galliam, inde Hamburgum, dehinc Rotterodamum & inde Londinum transportatae fuerunt. Spero tamen aliquando illas renovare, & rursus incipere studium, quod paulisper deponere coactus fui.
Mitto tamen semina aliqout pauca nuper ex America accepta, una cum Dissertationibus a D[omin]o Tennent de Polygala, quae duae tantum prodiere ex ultimis ejus scriptis, & priores vel hisce sunt deteriores, nullibi heic comparendae. Mitto quoque ipsam Radicem Polygalae nuper collectam. si plus desideras, mittam lubenter.
Descriptiones novorum generum Plantarum quas exaravi ad varios per Europam a Collinsono transmissae fuerunt, adeo ut denuo comparare nequeo. Videbo tamen brevi, si non & aliae mihi sunt, tuo examini subjiciendae.
De discessu D[omi]ni Kalm ab ipso audivisti, ex quo nihil de eo audivimus. Spero faustum iter, & quicquid officii potui ipsi praestili, quod semper Tibi vel Tuis praestabit
Tibi devinctissimus
Joannes Mitchell
London. August[ii] 10. 1748.
[
Address
]
Domino
Do Carolo Linnaeo
Societatis Regiae Secretario
Upsaliae
Notes
Letter from or to Linnaeus
Pin holes top left, top right and along bottom and lower l.h.edges. Hole in lower l.h.margin. Final para and signature boxed in in pencil.
Additional physical form :
Smith, James Edward: A selection of the correspondence of Linnaeus and other naturalists, from the original manuscripts (London 1821). Vol. 2 P. 444-446
Original location:
a. (Linnean Society, London, X, 206).
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Other version:
A selection of the correspondence of Linnaeus, and other naturalists, from the original manuscripts : By James Edward Smith
, Volume 2, p. 444 - 446
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Carolina Rediviva, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 1
Box 510
SE 751 20 Uppsala
Linnaean correspondence
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urn:nbn:se:alvin:portal:record-224474
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L0943
(Linnébrev)
alvin-record:224474
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