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Letter 6 July 1762, Philadelphia to Carl Linnaeus, Uppsala
(Text, Manuscript)
Language
Latin
Persons
Kuhn, Adam Simon
, 1713-1780
(author)
Linné, Carl von
, 1707-1778
(addressee)
Origin
Philadelphia
, United States, pridie nonarum Julii 1763
Physical description
Format:
Non digital
Transcription
Viro Illustrissimo,
Generosissimo Domino Carolo a Linné,
Fautori suo maxime venerando,
S[alutem] pl[urimam] d[icit]
Adam Simon Kuhn.
Nullus dubito, Vir Illustrissime, quin pro Tua in me maxima Benevolentia, veniam sis daturus, si ex intimo Corde gratias agam humillimas, qui me dignum putare voluisti, per litteras, die 24° Februar[ii] Anni currentis Upsaliae generosissime datas, de filio meo certiora pronunciandi.
Nihil jucundius mihi & nostratibus erit, nisi quod auxiliante Deo O[ptimo] M[aximo] hanc existimationem bonam apud Te, Vir Illustrissime, tueri studeat. Existimatio nostra simul hac in re agitur. Ausus sum filium meum tanquam peregrinum in orbem Christiano-litteratissimum mittere, et hoc umquam dolebo, si quondam, V[olente] D[eo] cum tua, Vir Illustrissime, commendatione, aliis quam dum abierat, patriam suam videbit oculis. Valde miratus sum, quod litteras meas, cum pecuniae permutationibus, iterum iterumque missas, nondum acceperit. Plura adderem & Naturalia quaedam ad Te, Vir Illustr[issime], jam mitterem, nisi Tempus vetaret, quod tamen alia vix me non intermissurum spondeo.
Interea valeas & diu vivas in Botanices Incrementum, Nobilissimae Familiae tuae Solatium, et Cultorum tuorum Gaudium.
Dabam Philadelphiae
Pridie nonarum Julii
1763.
[
Address
]
To Sir Charles of Linné, Knight of the Order of the north Star, first
Physician to the King of Sweden,
Professor of Physick & Botany,
the University of
Upsala.
Notes
Letter from or to Linnaeus
Original location:
a. original holograph (Linnean Society, London, VIII, 337-338).
Document type
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-231526
(nbn)
Identifiers (local)
L3104
(Linnébrev)
alvin-record:231526
(alvin)
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