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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/17/21
Title
James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to William Roscoe, Allerton Hall, near Liverpool, [Lancashire]
Letter date
18 Jan 1805
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/17/21 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to William Roscoe, Allerton Hall, near Liverpool, [Lancashire] (18 January 1805)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/17/21 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to William Roscoe, Allerton Hall, near Liverpool, [Lancashire] (18 January 1805) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Roscoe, William
Sent to location:
Liverpool, Lancashire
Summary:
Sending a parcel to Roscoe containing "Exotic Botany"; thanks for his flattering letter. Defends his response to Mr Caley in the "Monthly Magazine" [who had criticised Smith's "Flora Britannica" and Linnaeus' use of language]; he seldom quarrels, but when he does "it is best to do it decidedly, & have done with it", and is happy that he has had so few literary quarrels, aside from with Lamarck and [William] Curtis.
Letter date:
18 Jan 1805
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
17.39
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. |
| Related Material | For Roscoe's letter of 6 January 1805, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/17/20. Smith, J E, (1804-1805). "Exotic botany" London: J. Sowerby. Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. |
