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GB-110/JES/COR/12/9
Title
Samuel Goodenough, Rose Castle, [Carlisle, Cumberland], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
26 Aug 1814
Author(s)
Samuel Goodenough 1743-1827
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/12/9 from Samuel Goodenough, Rose Castle, [Carlisle, Cumberland], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (26 August 1814)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/12/9 from Samuel Goodenough, Rose Castle, [Carlisle, Cumberland], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (26 August 1814) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Goodenough, Samuel
Sent from:
Carlisle, Cumberland
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Congratulates Smith on his knighthood. Asks whether Smith has published his last number of "English Botany" and ifthe complete index is ready. Asks if [Dawson] Turner has nearly completed his history of 'Fucus'. Received report from his son in Paris, Edmund, on coarsening of French manners and their inferiority to the British in mechanics, for example, they are building a steam engine but no one knows how it works. Perplexed by Abbé Montesquieu's assertion in his speech that "the rigid laws of England would no be borne in France". Heard that Smith saw the fireworks in the Parks from [Alexander] Macleay's house.
Letter date:
26 Aug 1814
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
12.16
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London. 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 5 Sep [1814] |
