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GB-110/JES/COR/11/74
Title
Samuel Goodenough, 14 Berners Street, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
11 Jan 1809
Author(s)
Samuel Goodenough 1743-1827
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/11/74 from Samuel Goodenough, 14 Berners Street, [London], to James Edward Smith (11 January 1809)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/11/74 from Samuel Goodenough, 14 Berners Street, [London], to James Edward Smith (11 January 1809) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Goodenough, Samuel
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
a "dreadful" six day journey from Carlisle to London brought on gout. Discusses 'Nymphaea' as mentioned in Theophrastus, Dioscorides, and Stephen's "Thesaurus". Not surprised at [James] Donn's [(1758-1813), curator of Cambridge Botanic Garden] attacks on [George] Don if he "learned any of the tricks of Thomas Agnew, to whom he was second at Kew" [Donn had accused Don of using seeds from Cambridge to grow into plants to claim as indigenous to Scotland, see RelatedMaterial]. Thanks Smith for offer of a turkey. Has not had a chance to see the "Anti-Jacobin".
Letter date:
11 Jan 1809
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
11.144
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Related Material | For letters from Charles Lyell discussing James Donn's accusations of George Don see JES/COR/6/115; JES/COR/6/116; and previous letter from Goodenough JES/COR/11/70; JES/COR/11/97. |
