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GB-110/JES/COR/11/60
Title
Samuel Goodenough, Deanery, [Rochester, Kent], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
6 Dec 1807
Author(s)
Samuel Goodenough 1743-1827
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/11/60 from Samuel Goodenough, Deanery, [Rochester, Kent], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (6 December 1807)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/11/60 from Samuel Goodenough, Deanery, [Rochester, Kent], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (6 December 1807) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Goodenough, Samuel
Sent from:
Rochester, Kent
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks for Smith's "Introduction to Botany", Smith writes with "great spirit". Believes "all natural history should be turned ot the mental imporvement of mankind", asks if Smith has seen [Samuel] Vince's "4 Sermons against atheism" ["A Confutation of Atheism" (1807)] in which he makes "astronomy speak in this high strain".
Letter date:
6 Dec 1807
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
11.117
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, p.473. |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman. Vince, S, (1897). "A Confutation of Atheism, from the laws and constitution of the Heavenly Bodies: in four discourses preached before the University of Cambridge; with an introduction, notes, and an appendix" Cambridge; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available in British Library. |
