This day Linnaeus has received a letter from Johannes Burman in Amsterdam who has sent 10 copies of Charles Plumier’s work, Plantarum Americanarum fasciculus primus[-decimus] to those who have subscribed [Burman to Linnaeus, 23 March 1756{L2020}]; Linnaeus will send one copy to the secretary at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences [Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien], Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, and expects to receive the subscription money.
He thanks for information about Fredrik Hasselquist.
Ms Norrelia [Margareta Christina Norrelius] will be buried next day.
Min Herre. I dag hade jag bref af Burmannus från Amsterdam, som öfwersändt nu nys på ett fartyg 10 exemplar af Plumiers wärk, att utdelas till dem som praenumerera; altså om M[in] H[erre] ej giort anstalt redan, skall jag sända wärket, så snart det ankommer och emottaga då prenumerations pengarne. Tack för Hasselquistiana, men jag hinner intet at i dag det läsa. Mamsel Norrelia begrafwes i morgon. Vale. Eder C[arl] L[innaeus] [Address] Kongl[ige] Wettenskaps Academien Stockholm frijbr[ef]