Item data
Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/21/13
Title
John Bostock, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
26 Jan 1806
Author(s)
John Bostock 1773-1846
Number of Pages
2
See full metadata
See comments
Collection home page
Actions (login required)
 |
Edit Item |
GB-110/JES/COR/21/13 from John Bostock, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Edward Smith (26 January 1806)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/21/13 from John Bostock, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Edward Smith (26 January 1806) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Bostock, John
Sent from:
Liverpool, Lancashire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Thanks for specimens of native camphor; at present the nature of the substance is incomprehensible. Would like to become FLS; states his involvement in establishing the [Liverpool] Botanic Garden as example of his promoting botany. [John] Shepherd [(c 1764-1836, curator Liverpool Botanic Garden] going on well; considerable additions made to the collection since Smith left. Comments on "unprincipled attack" on [William] Roscoe's "Leo X" in "Critical Review"; pained to observe such a "spirit of illiberality" in one of their most popular periodicals.
Letter date:
26 Jan 1806
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.31
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. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, p.328. |
| Related Material | Roscoe, W, (1805). "The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth. (Dissertation on the character of Lucrezia Borgia.-F. Arsilli de Poetis Urbanis ad P. Jovium libellus.)" Liverpool: J. M. Creery; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. |
