Samuel Goodenough, Berners Street, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/11/83
Title Samuel Goodenough, Berners Street, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 15 Dec 1809
Author(s) Samuel Goodenough 1743-1827
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/11/83 from Samuel Goodenough, Berners Street, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (15 December 1809)

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Item Type: Document
From: Goodenough, Samuel
Sent from: London
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Discussion of Catholic Emancipation: Smith has great "liberality" on the subject but believes he is not fully informed and that the Dissenters are "very much deceived" if they think the Catholics will allow them to participate with them in power. Goodenough believes Catholics cannot act for themselves in anything concering religion, which is what would make them dangerous if they had power. Regrets that Oxford University have begun meddling in politics by proposing Lord Grenville [William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759-1834), prime minister, 1806-1807] for Chancellor after he had avowed himself "the Champion of Catholic Emancipation". Goodenough hates the subject, particularly as his two sons in Christ Church have "most wantonly & contemptuously" opposed him.
Convinced 'Fucus discors' and 'Fucus abrotanifolius' are the same plant and advises Smith to consult [Elizabeth] Hill [(c 1760-1850), algologist] and [Amelia Warren] Griffiths [(1768-1858), algologist] for further details; the difference is only in the breadth of lower leaves, caused by the season of the year and depth of water. Returns Smith's drawings [of the two 'Fucus'] and thinks they are "expressive enough", showed them to Dr [George] Williams in Oxford but he is not a marine botanist. "Blepharanthis" has his full approbation.
In postscript reports on results of election for Oxford Chancellorship - Lord Grenville won by thirteen votes. Repeats that Smith's 'Fucus discors' is the 'discors' of [John] Stackhouse, Hill, Griffiths, and himself.

Letter date: 15 Dec 1809
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 11.158
Additional Information:
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Publn NoteSmith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, p.587 [only the 'Fucus' paragraph, which is inserted into transcript of subsequent letter, JES/COR/11/84].
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.