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GB-110/JES/COR/11/67
Title
Samuel Goodenough to James Edward Smith, at Robert Reeve's Esq, Lowestoft, [Suffolk]
Letter date
9 Apr 1808
Author(s)
Samuel Goodenough 1743-1827
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/11/67 from Samuel Goodenough to James Edward Smith, at Robert Reeve's Esq, Lowestoft, [Suffolk] (9 April 1808)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/11/67 from Samuel Goodenough to James Edward Smith, at Robert Reeve's Esq, Lowestoft, [Suffolk] (9 April 1808) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Goodenough, Samuel
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Summary:
Discusses etymology and usage of 'Atho' in "Flora Graeca". Reassures Smith he read and sent a letter on Smith's "Introduction to Botany". Advocates revival of exhibits of material at Linnean Society meetings. Thinks Smith correct about Dr [Samuel] Johnson's [(1709-1784), author] "shard-born beetle". Sick of attending the "tiresome, ill-conducted debates" at the House of Lords.
Letter date:
9 Apr 1808
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
11.13
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Smith's letter on "shard-born" beetle see JES/COR/11/66. Sibthorp, J, (1806-1837). "Flora Graeca", London: Taylor. Smith, J E, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman. |
| 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. |
