Smith was a friend of Sir Joseph Banks who was offered the entire collection of books, manuscripts and specimens of the Swedish natural historian and botanist Carl Linnaeus, following the death of his son Carolus Linnaeus the Younger.
Smith adalah kawan dari Sir Joseph Banks yang memberikan semua koleksi buku, manuskrip, dan spesimen sejarawan alam berbahasa Swedia miliknya dan ahli botani Carolus Linnaeus, setelah kematian puteranya Carolus Linnaeus the Younger.