Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
To:
Konig, Charles Dietrich Eberhard
Summary:
[Drafts or copies of three letters, the first undated, the second 18 September, and the third 11 October]
Asks Konig to inform writer of the "Monthly Magazine" Botanical Reports to redress injustice made against him in passage on [Richard] Salisbury's 'Erodendrum turbiniflorum'; explains his dispute with Salisbury and insists it is not botanical; his resolution not to respond to anything of Salisbury's. Report was also unjust to [Henry Charles] Andrews [(fl 1794-1830)]. Explains his misrepresented comment in former Report about ignorant travel writers. Notes on 'Tropaeolum pinnatum' of Andrews. Pleased to hear Konig is to revive "Annals of Botany" or similar work.
[18 September] short version of above letter.
[11 October] Satisfied with Konig's letter to botanical reporter of the "Monthly Magazine" but insists a statement appear clearing himself of any culpability. Sorry "Annals of Botany" is not to continue.
Letter date:
18 Sep [1808]/11 Oct [1808]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
23.96
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| 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 Konig's letter of 9 October 1808, to which this is in part a reply, see JES/COR/23/42. |
