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GB-110/JES/AM/140
Title
Sir James Edward Smith, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to Alexander Macleay, 44 Parliament Street, [London]
Letter date
4 Apr 1818
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/AM/140 from Sir James Edward Smith, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to Alexander Macleay, 44 Parliament Street, [London] (4 April 1818)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To:
Macleay, Alexander
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Sends what he hopes "will lead to a final settlement of this foolish & contemptible business" between [Patrick] Keith [(1769-1840)] and [Thomas Andrew] Knight [Knight was offended by remarks made against him in several publications by Keith, including "Linnean Transactions"].
His lectures begin on Monday for 4 weeks, hopes not to hear anything further of above affair as he has "enough business" of his own, and intends to be at Linnean Society for 5 May [1818].
Letter date:
4 Apr 1818
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
Sm/M'L 141
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Finding Aids | Correspondence-Smith/McLeay handlist, Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | For further on dispute between Knight and Keith, see letter from Goodenough to Smith of 24 May 1816, JES/COR/12/23, letter from Knight to Smith of 12 June 1816, JES/COR/16/104, letter from Knight to Smith of 16 July 1817, JES/ADD/52, and letter from Knight to Smith of 21 March 1818, JES/ADD/53. Keith, P, 'Of the Developement of the seminal Germ', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1816 11(2), pp.252-269. Keith, P, (1816). "A system of physiological botany ..." London: Baldwin. |
