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GB-110/JES/COR/1/81
Title
James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Sir Joseph Banks
Letter date
18 Dec 1807
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/1/81 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Sir Joseph Banks (18 December 1807)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/1/81 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Sir Joseph Banks (18 December 1807) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Banks, Sir Joseph
Summary:
Agrees with Banks that a turkey's nest is known as a "rip". Comments on dispute between [William] Forsyth and [Thomas Andrew] Knight over Knight's insinuating pamphlets against Forsyth's paste for regenerating fruit trees. Smith says he can produce sections of Forsyth's trees "which tell their own story", will further enquire into the matter. Disgusted by the "backbiting" of authors and artists and London, and scornful of the effect of London society on minds. Thinks [Samuel] Goodenough will be a dignified and useful bishop. 'Buxbaumia aphylla' has been found at Roslin, [Midlothian], by Mr Maughan.
Letter date:
18 Dec 1807
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
1.14
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Banks' letter of 15 December 1807, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/1/80. |
| 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. |
