William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/17/118
Title William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 7 May 1819
Author(s) William Roscoe 1753-1831
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/17/118 from William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (7 May 1819)

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Item Type: Document
From: Roscoe, William
Sent from: Liverpool, Lancashire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Praises Smith's Cambridge pamphlet, which he thinks "unanswerable in argument" and will do much good; highlights chapter three and difficulty of explaining one's religious opinions, and Smith's defence of botany. After long debate it was decided to appoint permanent professors [to the Liverpool Royal Institution] and Smith was nominated professor of Botany, however there is no salary and renumeration based on arrangements made with the committee; requests Smith's repsonse. Thanks for Smith's letter and favourable opinion of his pamphlet. Pleased to hear of Smith's recovery and planned excursion with [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert; asks Smith to recommend the [Liverpool] Botanic Garden to Lambert so they can acquire an off-shoot of his just-flowered Peruvian 'Canna [iridiflora]'. The Garden is setting up a hothouse entirely for 'Scitamineae', to be supplied by Dr [William] Carey [(1761-1834)] of Serampore, [India], and [Nathaniel] Wallich of Calcutta, [India].
[Note in Smith's hand] recording date of letter, "yes".

Letter date: 7 May 1819
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 17.238
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Related MaterialSmith, J E, and Monk, J H [1818]. "[A review of] Considerations respecting Cambridge, more particularly relating to its botanical professorship, by Sir James Edward Smith ... [And] A vindication of the University of Cambridge from the reflections of ... Smith ... by ... James Henry Monk".
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.
AdditionalSmith replied 17 May [1819]