Samuel Goodenough, Ealing, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, near the Vineyard, Hammersmith, [Middlesex]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/11/31
Title Samuel Goodenough, Ealing, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, near the Vineyard, Hammersmith, [Middlesex]
Letter date 6 Nov 1796
Author(s) Samuel Goodenough 1743-1827
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/11/31 from Samuel Goodenough, Ealing, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, near the Vineyard, Hammersmith, [Middlesex] (6 November 1796)

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Item Type: Document
From: Goodenough, Samuel
Sent from: Ealing, Middlesex
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Hammersmith, Middlesex
Summary:

Apologises for sending a letter to [Jonas] Dryander with his thoughts following their discussion on how to support the Linnean Society after Smith's move to Norwich, in it he depreciated all division in the Society, asked if he thought Sir Joseph Banks would assist, and had always thought Dryander should succeed Smith. Has written again to Dryander communicating Smith's dissatisfaction with the first having been sent.

Letter date: 6 Nov 1796
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 11.59
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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.