Samuel Goodenough, Rochester, [Kent], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/11/57
Title Samuel Goodenough, Rochester, [Kent], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 6 Apr 1807
Author(s) Samuel Goodenough 1743-1827
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/11/57 from Samuel Goodenough, Rochester, [Kent], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (6 April 1807)

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Item Type: Document
From: Goodenough, Samuel
Sent from: Rochester, Kent
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Account of his attempts to clear the Salisbury-Smith dispute whilst sitting as vice-president at Linnean Society: [William George] Maton excused himself from allowing Salisbury's pamphlet ["Generic characters of English Botany"] into the Linnean Society by pleading ignorance; told Salisbury at Sir Joseph Banks' that he was wrong to make the Linnean Society the arena for his and Smith's dispute and that the pamphlet should be withdrawn, to which he initially agreed and then reneged, Salisbury then gave him the roots of 'Crocus aureus' and seeds of a 'Dahlia'; attempted expunge the pamphlet from the Society with a Council but could not form one; [Alexander] Macleay has left the pamphlet out of the list of donations to the Society. Sorry to see that Salisbury has so many papers in the new "Linnean Transactions" volume but enjoyed [Thomas] Rackett and Maton's paper on British shells.
Was in London "when the explosion took place with respect to the late Ministers" [the "Ministry of All the Talents", a national unity government which was formed in February 1806 and broke up in March 1807 over Catholic Emancipation], the King [George III (1738-1820)] is "conscientious on the matter" and "would die before he consented to the giving of power to the R[oman] Catholics". [Jonas] Dryander has said both Smith and Salisbury have behaved badly, but Salisbury much the worse. Sees that Norwich has got rid Dr L Adkins, never could bear him.

Letter date: 6 Apr 1807
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 11.111
Additional Information:
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Related MaterialSalisbury, R A, (1806). "The generic characters in the English Botany, collated with those of Linne." London: printer Bulmer & Co. Maton, W G, and Rackett, T, 'An Account of some remarkable Shells, found in Cavities of a calcareous Stone called by the Stone-masons Plymouth-rag', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1807 8(1), pp.270-275.
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.