Item data
Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/11/4
Title
Samuel Goodenough, Ealing, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, [London]
Letter date
[May 1785]
Author(s)
Samuel Goodenough 1743-1827
Number of Pages
4
See full metadata
See comments
Collection home page
Actions (login required)
 |
Edit Item |
GB-110/JES/COR/11/4 from Samuel Goodenough, Ealing, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, [London] (May 1785)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/11/4 from Samuel Goodenough, Ealing, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, [London] (May 1785) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Goodenough, Samuel
Sent from:
Ealing, Middlesex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Impatient to receive specimens from his desiderata. Has five specimens of 'Nasmythia articulata' for [Thomas] Woodward, hopes to establish an exchange with him. Disappointed by [Thomas] Marsham's failure to acquire a cabinet of insects for him from the Duchess [of Portland's] sale [Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), collector of natural history specimens, wife of 2nd Duke of Portland]. Invites Smith to dinner on Sunday, asks him to bring his thesis manuscript for alterations.
Letter date:
[May 1785]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
11.4
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Oosterdijk, N G, (1786). "Disputatio physiologica inauguralis. Quaedam de Generatione complectens ... ex auctoritate ... Nicolai Georgii Ooesterdyk, ... submittit Jacobus Eduardus Smith, ..." Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Fratres Murray. |
| 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. |
