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

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/11/10
Title Samuel Goodenough to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, [London]
Letter date [1788]
Author(s) Samuel Goodenough 1743-1827
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/11/10 from Samuel Goodenough to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, [London] (1788)

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Item Type: Document
From: Goodenough, Samuel
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Sends 'Carex halleriana', 'Rosa alpina', and a new species of 'Origanum' for Smith's opinion. Concerned at Smith's impending absence and shall look upon it as a year's loss to "our infant [Linnean] Society". Hopes Smith will give [Thomas] Marsham his opinion of best way in making the Society known in a "proper and respectable manner". Recommends preparing the papers already submitted so that it may be known how earnest they are to communicate findings; acquire drawings of plants and insects for which no good picture exists; to publish new new and dubious species such as 'Astragalus arenarius', 'Athamanta oreoselinum'; indexes to old botanical books; and partial floras. Requests to borrow [Richard] Brown's "Prosodia Pharmacopceorum" for a few days.

Letter date: [1788]
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 11.18
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
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.