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Provenance Linnaeus started early to keep, sort and file all letters he received which were of purely scientific contents. The collection was transferred to England along with the rest of his writings after his son's death. In 1821, James Edward Smith became owner of Linnaeus' estate. After Smith's death in 1828, the Linnean Society of London, which he established in 1788, acquired the collection by purchase. |
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