Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Macleay, Alexander
Sent to location:
Westminster
Summary:
Confesses he is "not a man of compliments", but Macleay's "wide removal, as it were, to another world [...] seems to excuse & indeed require an opening of heart between us"; pays tribute to their 31-year friendship; urges Macleay to look out for his health, citing recent death of "a most invaluable" nephew of his in India. Hopes to be in London in time to see Macleay, will be giving his first lecture at the London Institution on 2 May [1825], and until then engaged with finishing third volume of his "English Flora".
Recommended David Don [(1799-1841), botanist] to [George] Hibbert [for curator of Jamaica botanic garden]. Will be happy to see [James] Bicheno as new Linnean Society Secretary, though would have been equally pleased with [Edward] Barnard. Delighted with Macleay's son's "most excell[en]t & learned papers".
Letter date:
13 Mar 1825
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
Sm/M'L 180
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Finding Aids | Correspondence-Smith/McLeay handlist, Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | For Macleay's letter of 8 March 1825, to which this is a reply, see JES/AM/178.
Smith, J E, Hooker, W J, and Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman. |
