Record

RefNoMS/821/1/13
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Dl [Daniel] de la Roche, [London], to Dr [Charles] Blagden, at Mrs Nelmes's, in St James's Churchyard, Bristol
CreatorRoche; Daniel de la (1743-1812); Swiss physician and botanist
RecipientBlagden: Sir Charles (bap.1748 d.1820); British physician and secretary of the Royal Society
Date[1769]
DescriptionDe la Roche is pleased at receiving Blagden's letter and hopes they may in Edinburgh together over winter. He proposes to visit Blagden in Bristol in a fortnight's time and gives his itinery beginning in Bristol and then touring in Wales and South-West England. Is glad that Blagden is friendly with Mr Catcott. Thanks him for the description of the fungus and requests a specimen. Things are the same in London, De la Roche has attended some inoculations. Notes Cullen's treatise on agriculture published in Holland. Many jokes have been told about it in Pringle's Society. A ship is coming from Edinburgh with eight doctors on board. De La Roche would have written earlier but was unable to get an address from Blagden's brother.
Extent4p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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