| Description | Letter is actually dated 15 and 23 Prairal, A[n] 10. There is a pencil note by J.P.Muirhead about the death of Smith, mentioned in W. Maclure's letter [MS 3219/7/1/1/88, Finding no. MS 3219/7/5/88].
[Intends embarking for America in ten days. He has forwarded a large case of volcanic specimens to James Watt jr. He passed Limoges but did not visit the mines. He compares the mineral hunter to a locust. He has met an eccentric called Gazulet [or Cazulet], trying experiments on galvanism. He dined with Cazalet and Raimond, who was on his way to the Pyrenees, to manufacture another octavo balloon. He leaves in 6 or 8 days. He will send some American minerals]. |