Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Roscoe, William
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
New year greetings, in Latin. Busy with his literary and business work, especially correcting and proof reading. Thanks for Smith's present of books of last year, delighted with Smith's "Tour of the Continent". Asks Smith to value works of Columna [Smith sent copies owned by Edmund Davall to Roscoe as a prospective buyer]. Smith should ask of Messrs Cadell and Davies a poem called "The Press", written by his printer, and published as a specimen of typography and to show the excellence of its mechanical execution and engravings.
Asks Smith to consult on possibilities of his 16 year old son, James, being placed with [Samuel] Taylor to learn practical farming. At [Liverpool Botanic Garden] two new houses have been completed and filled with plants and five more to be finished; [John] Shepherd [(c 1764-1836, curator of the garden] says when complete it shall challenge "all the kingdom in point both of elegance & convenience".
Letter date:
[1 Jan] 1804
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
17.19
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 16 [Jan 1804] |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, pp.317-319. |
| Related Material | For Smith's reply of 16 January 1804, see JES/COR/17/13.
Smith, J E, (1793). "A sketch of a tour on the Continent in the years 1786 and 1787", London: the author. |
| 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. |
