Alexander Macleay, Queen Square, Westminster, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/AM/162
Title Alexander Macleay, Queen Square, Westminster, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 22 Jan 1823
Author(s) Alexander Macleay 1767-1848
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/AM/162 from Alexander Macleay, Queen Square, Westminster, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (22 January 1823)

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Item Type: Document
From: Macleay, Alexander
Sent from: Westminster
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

[Aylmer Bourke] Lambert and Mrs [Catherine] Lambert both much better since he last wrote to Smith. Efforts being made to receive funds from Natural History Society [Society for Promoting Natural History, precursor to Linnean Society]. Smith's proposal to charge for next volume of "Linnean Transactions" not suitable.
Council thinks [Francis] Hamilton's 10 long papers on "Hortus Malabaricus" too long for "Linnean Transactions", they ask that Smith to write to Hamilton for them to be compressed as much as possible. Has no doubt that Smith's "English flora" will be "anxiously sought after" but recommends publishing it all together, in consideration of "Flora Britannica" not having been finished. Recommends Smith seek out Edmund Goodenough's [(1785-1845), headmaster] own copy of "Flora Britannica" with extensive manuscript notes. His daughter recovering from her illness.

Letter date: 22 Jan 1823
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: Sm/M'L 163
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 1 Feb [1823]
Finding AidsCorrespondence-Smith/McLeay handlist, Linnean Society.
Related MaterialFor Smith's reply of 1 February 1823, see JES/AM/163. Hamilton, F, 'A Commentary on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part I', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1822 13(2), pp.474-560. Hamilton, F, 'A Commentary on the Second Part of the Hortus Malabaricus', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1824 14(2), pp.171-312. Hamilton, F, 'A Commentary on the Third Part of the Hortus Malabaricus', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1827 15(1), pp.78-152. Hamilton, F, 'Commentary on the Second Book of the Herbarium Ambionense', "Memoirs of the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh", 1832 5(2), pp.268-333. Hamilton, F, 'A Commentary on the Fourth Part of the Hortus Malabaricus', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1835 17(2), pp.147-252. Smith, J E, Hooker, W J, and Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman. Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis.