Samuel Goodenough, Ealing, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, [London]

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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

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GB-110/JES/COR/11/4 from Samuel Goodenough, Ealing, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, [London] (May 1785)

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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
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Related MaterialSmith, 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 AidsDawson, 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.