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

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/12/1
Title Samuel Goodenough, Berners Street, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 25 Sep 1812
Author(s) Samuel Goodenough 1743-1827
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/12/1 from Samuel Goodenough, Berners Street, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (25 September 1812)

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

Warns Smith of the the propensity for botanists to feel slighted, citing examples of Hugh Davies versus [Edward] Donovan [(1768-1837), zoologist], and Stokes versus Goodenough, in informing Smith that it was not Edmund Goodenough but Revd Holmes of Peterhouse, Cambridge, who sent Smith 'Arctium bardana'. [Elizabeth] Hill [(c 1760-1850), algologist] has found a wild simple-leaved ash in a hedge near Pilton, Devonshire, and she has taken measures to preserve it in its location. Does not approve of Smith's name 'Carex rariflora' as it is used for name of a variety of 'limosa', suggests 'nivalis' instead. Arrived in London last week, with gout, but his daughter, Maria, is not worse. Price of posting raised from 3 shillings to 6 shillings per mile for four horses. Dreads discussions about to take place in the new Parliament. Wonders what [Dawson] Turner's intentions are as he has not published anything of his "Fucus" for seven months.

Letter date: 25 Sep 1812
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 12.1
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 1 Dec [1812]
Related MaterialFor Smith's reply of 1 December 1812, see JES/COR/12/2. Turner, D, (1808-1819). "Fuci sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia. - Fuci; or, colored figures and descriptions of the plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus." London: Arch.