Samuel Goodenough, Berners Street, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/12/95
Title Samuel Goodenough, Berners Street, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date 3 Jan 1825
Author(s) Samuel Goodenough 1743-1827
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/12/95 from Samuel Goodenough, Berners Street, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith (3 January 1825)

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

[Alexander] Macleay appointed to the Colonial Secretaryship in Botany Bay, [New South Wales]. Goodenough and [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert propose either [Charles] Stokes [(1783-1853), stockbroker] or [James] Bicheno for Macleay's replacement as Linnean Society Secretary. Warns Smith of Joseph Sabine's "spirit of ascendancy" and his influence over [John] Lindley [(1799-1865), botanist].

Letter date: 3 Jan 1825
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 12.176
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Related MaterialFor further discussion by Goodenough of new Linnean Society Secretary see JES/COR/12/96; JES/COR/12/98; JES/COR/12/100.
AdditionalSmith replied 4 [Jan 1825]