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Letter 30 August 1770, London to Carl Linnaeus
(Text, Manuscript)
Language
English
Persons
Drury, Dru
, 1725-1803
(author)
Linné, Carl von
, 1707-1778
(addressee)
Incipit
I cannot better express the strong inclination
Origin
London
, Great Britain, 1770-08-30
Physical description
Format:
Non digital + Digital, reformatted digital
Transcription
London August 30
th
1770
Most Excellent S[i]r
I cannot better express the strong inclination I have of testyfying my respect to you as the greatest Master of natural history now existing, than by presenting you a Copy of a work I have just published here.
Believe me S[i]r it is not from Vanity I take the liberty of making you this offering, nor, poor as it is (for I am truly sensible of its defects) would I make it to any person that is inferior to
Linneus
in the study of Nature. But to whom should I pay my acknowledgments of this sort but to the
Father
of natural history? You S[i]r I look on as that
Father
; and therefore I beseech your kind acceptance hereof, a circumstance that will do me great honour and favour and at the same time countenance my weak endeavours to promote a study that I must confess I prefer to every other.
Permit me also to take this opportunity to congratulate you on the effects w[hi]ch your
Systema
has had among the followers of natur[a]l hist[ory] here in London, the number of w[hi]ch alth[ough] not equal to those found in many other countries are yet every day encreasing to such a degree as could not have been expected a little time ago by its most sanguine well wishers.
That it may still encrease & flourish, and that you may with health live to see its study carried to the furthest ends of the earth is the hearty prayer of
S[i]r Y[ou]r sincere admirer and
most Humble Ser[van]t
D[ru] Drury
P.S. The honour of a few lines addressd to me at
N
o
1 in Love Lane Aldermanbury
, informing me of the Packett having reached the place of its destination, will be exceedingly acceptable.
[
Address
]
For
D[octo]r Linnaeus.
Notes
Letter from or to Linnaeus
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. 551
Venue:
Date [?]
Original location:
a. (Linnean Society, London, III, 312-313).
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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. 551
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Letter
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Uppsala University Library
Carolina Rediviva, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 1
Box 510
SE 751 20 Uppsala
Linnaean correspondence
Identifiers (general)
urn:nbn:se:alvin:portal:record-232905
(nbn)
Identifiers (local)
L4392
(Linnébrev)
alvin-record:232905
(alvin)
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