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GB-110/JES/COR/7/45
Title
William Webb to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
9 May 1818
Author(s)
William Webb -1856
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/45 from William Webb to Sir James Edward Smith (9 May 1818)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Webb, William
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. Regrets Smith's failure and largely approves of his pamphlet ["Considerations respecting Cambridge, more particularly relating to its botanical professorship"]. Wanted to speak to Smith about the Copyright Bill. The Master of St John's is Smith's "great opponent" [James Wood (1760-1839)].
Letter date:
9 May 1818
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.82
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 29 [May 1818] |
| 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 | Smith, J E, and Monk, J H, (1818). "[A review of] Considerations respecting Cambridge, more particularly relating to its botanical professorship, by Sir James Edward Smith ... [And] A vindication of the University of Cambridge from the reflections of ... Smith ... by ... James Henry Monk ..". |
