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GB-110/JES/COR/3/26
Title
Andrew Caldwell, Dublin, [Ireland], to James Edward Smith, Mr Taylor's, 35 Benshaw Street, Liverpool, [Lancashire]
Letter date
8 Jul 1803
Author(s)
Andrew Caldwell 1733-1808
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/3/26 from Andrew Caldwell, Dublin, [Ireland], to James Edward Smith, Mr Taylor's, 35 Benshaw Street, Liverpool, [Lancashire] (8 July 1803)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/3/26 from Andrew Caldwell, Dublin, [Ireland], to James Edward Smith, Mr Taylor's, 35 Benshaw Street, Liverpool, [Lancashire] (8 July 1803) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Caldwell, Andrew
Sent from:
Dublin, Ireland
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Liverpool, Lancashire
Summary:
Shall try and come to Liverpool for a good proportion of the lectures. Tentatively invites Smith to Dublin for his own proposed course of lectures. Inclined to believe that Smith's library is "more choice and perfect" than Sir Joseph [Banks'] more extensive library. Not surprised that Smith's reputation attracted Madame Buonaparte's [Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814) 1st wife of Napoleon Bonaparte] attention; would like to see the presents she sent him. Believes the war to be unjustifiable and that "England occasions inconvenience and embarrassment to every state in Europe".
Letter date:
8 Jul 1803
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
3.5
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For letter from Étienne Pierre Ventenat on gifts from Madame Bonaparte, see JES/COR/10/47. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, p.158, [last paragraph regarding Banks' library and gifts from Madam Bonaparte appended to letter JES/COR/3/27]. |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
