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REMARKABLE HISTORY 
OF THE 
SALE OF THE LINN^EAN COLLECTIONS. 
'' FROM A LETTER OF JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M. D. F. R; S. PRESIDENT OF THE 
linna:an society of London, and proprietor of the linn^ean col- 
lections, TO THE AUTHOR. 
“ London, November 21, 1791^ 
‘ 4 I N the first place I shall give you, Sir, an historical account of the 
“ sale of the Linn & an colle&ions with as much accuracy as I can. 
« On the death of the younger Linn^us, in the autumn of 1783, 
4{ his Majesty the King of Sweden was, I believe, in France*. The 
* The late King of Sweden left Stockholm in the month of September, 1783, and travelled 
by the tide of Count of Haga, through Germany to Italy, went to Florence, Pisa, and 
Rome, and left the latter place April 19, 1784, to go to Paris, where he remained till the 
19th of July following, after which he returned with the utmost dispatch to Stockholm, which, 
be reached in the beginning of August. 
« mother 
