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GB-110/JES/AM/50
Title
James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Alexander Macleay
Letter date
20 Nov 1808
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/AM/50 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Alexander Macleay (20 November 1808)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/AM/50 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Alexander Macleay (20 November 1808) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Macleay, Alexander
Summary:
His autumnal headaches "more troublesome than usual of late". Sending paper by [James Perchard] Tupper on "the possible sensation of plants", "amusing enough, if not sufficiently solid for printing". Defends his decisions regarding his naming genus 'Brodiaea' in spite of [Richard] Salisbury have named same genus 'Hookera', and insists his papers are not attacks; hopes the Linnean Society will always support him "on the side of true Linnaean principles". List of names to receive copy of "Linnean Transactions" vol 9.
Letter date:
20 Nov 1808
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
Sm/M'L 51
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Finding Aids | Correspondence-Smith/McLeay handlist, Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | Tupper, J P, (n.d.). Essay on the sensitive powers of vegetables. n.d. Tupper, J P, (n.d.). Speculations on the sensitive powers of vegetables. Read 3/6/ & 1/7/1800. Smith, J E, 'Characters of a new Liliaceous Genus called Brodiaea', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1810 10(1), pp.1-5. Smith, J E, 'Characters of Hookeria, a new Genus of Mosses, with Descriptions of Ten Species', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1808 9(1), pp.272-282. |
