James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to William Roscoe, Allerton Hall, near Liverpool, [Lancashire]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/17/21
Title James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to William Roscoe, Allerton Hall, near Liverpool, [Lancashire]
Letter date 18 Jan 1805
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/17/21 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to William Roscoe, Allerton Hall, near Liverpool, [Lancashire] (18 January 1805)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from: Norwich, Norfolk
To: Roscoe, William
Sent to location: Liverpool, Lancashire
Summary:

Sending a parcel to Roscoe containing "Exotic Botany"; thanks for his flattering letter. Defends his response to Mr Caley in the "Monthly Magazine" [who had criticised Smith's "Flora Britannica" and Linnaeus' use of language]; he seldom quarrels, but when he does "it is best to do it decidedly, & have done with it", and is happy that he has had so few literary quarrels, aside from with Lamarck and [William] Curtis.

Letter date: 18 Jan 1805
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 17.39
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.
Related MaterialFor Roscoe's letter of 6 January 1805, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/17/20. Smith, J E, (1804-1805). "Exotic botany" London: J. Sowerby. Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis.