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Letter 21 November 1755, Downing to Carl Linnaeus, Uppsala
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Letter 21 November 1755, Downing to Carl Linnaeus, Uppsala
(Text, Manuscript)
Language
Latin
Persons
Pennant, Thomas
, 1726-1798
(author)
Linné, Carl von
, 1707-1778
(addressee)
Incipit
Inter varias voluptates
Origin
Downing
, Great Britain, 21. Novembris. 1755
Physical description
Format:
Non digital + Digital, reformatted digital
Abstract
It was a great day when Woodward obtained permission for Thomas Pennant to write to Linnaeus.
Pennant talks about his great interest in minerals and fossils. He has a great collection and offers to send the following to Linnaeus:
1. Soils
2. Marble and granite
3. Gypsum
4. Selenate, etc
5. Species of crystals and fluor
6. Asbestas
7. Bitumen
8. Pyritas, etc.
9. Cobalt, etc.
10. Lead, copper, iron, etc.
11. Fossils, etc.
13. Leaves of plants in stones
14. Petrified
Conchylia
.
15. Parts of fishes, etc.
16.
Asteriae
and
Eutrochi
.
Pennant is prepared to send a box as soon as possible. However, he will await Linnaeus’s answer.
Transcription
Vir Ornatissime,
Inter varias voluptates quae vitam nostram placido cursu transire reddunt, nulla a me tam ardenter exoptatur quam consuetudo Hominum litteris humanioribus imbutorum, et sapientium in operis naturae. O quanto gaudio percussus fui, quamprimum amicus summus meus Woodwardius mihi impertivit tuam veniam desideratissimam, ut ego, ignotus et pauca callens, ad te Celeberrimum Virum et Philosophorum plane principem, scribere ausim. Pro tanto beneficio animo lubente et viribus summis ad referendas gratias me accingam, et omnia quae te velle studiose et diligenter curabo.
Non animus est te longa morari epistola, sed paucis verbis mea studia et mea vota tibi indicare.
Providentia Divina me in Terra divite opibus Naturae collocavit, et animo cupientissimo harum rerum investigandarum dotavit. Inter varias partes Historiae naturalis ad studia Mineralium et Fossilium meam mentem adjunxi; et Regna Britannica et Hibernica, Mineras et Fossilia rariora causa colligendi perscrutavi nec operam perdidi; immensam copiam ad meum scrinium reportavi. Eorum ecce schedula quae vestro Musaeo offero, et quae sunt ex rarioribus hujus Regni.
1. Terrae varii generis.
2. Marmora et Granitae.
3. Gypsum.
4. Selenitae et rhomboidales et hexadri.
5. Crystallorum et Fluorum variae species.
6. Asbestus.
7. Bitumina quaedam, ampelites &c.
8. Pyritae et Marcasitae.
9. Semi-metalla, sc[ilicet] minerae Cobalti; et Lapidis calaminaris 20 diversae species plerumque in nostris fodinis solum inventae.
10. Metalla sc[ilicet] minerarum Plumbi, cupri et Ferri variae species.
11. Corpora coralloidea fossilia, stelechitae, mycetitae, Porpitae, Astroitae &c. &c.
13. Plantarum folia lapidibus immersa, Lignum petrifactum.
14. Conchylia petrifacta varii generis.
15. Piscium partes, glossopetrae, et vertebrae fossiles.
16. Asteriae et Eutrochi.
De his rebus tuas litteras quam avidissime expectabo, ut quam citissime ad tuas manus cistellam transmitterem. Interim, Vir Insignissime, pro tua solita benevolentia de me candide sentire perge, et vive valeque!
Thomas Pennant
Downing Flintshire
in England
21 Novembris 1755.
[
Address
]
Monsieur
Monsieur Linnaeus
Premier Medicin du Roi,
et Chevalier de l'ordre Polaire
a Upsal
en Suede
viâ Stockholm
Notes
Letter from or to Linnaeus
Original location:
a. (Linnean Society, London, XI, 410-411).
Document type
Letter
Contact
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Location
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-225887
(nbn)
Identifiers (local)
L1973
(Linnébrev)
alvin-record:225887
(alvin)
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