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GB-110/JES/AM/178
Title
Alexander Macleay, Queen Square, Westminster, to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
8 Mar 1825
Author(s)
Alexander Macleay 1767-1848
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/AM/178
from Alexander Macleay, Queen Square, Westminster, to Sir James Edward Smith
(8 March 1825)
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GB-110/JES/AM/178
from Alexander Macleay, Queen Square, Westminster, to Sir James Edward Smith
(8 March 1825)
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Item Type:
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From:
Macleay, Alexander
Sent from:
Westminster
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Thanks for Smith's "very kind letter" [of 27 January 1825]. Pays tribute to their 31 years of friendship, during which they have been "intimately known to each other without any misunderstanding or coolness". Forwards delayed letter for Smith from [George] Hibbert [see RelatedMaterial below, requested Smith's recommendation for curator of a botanic garden in Jamaica]; suggests David Don [(1799-1841), botanist] for the post as a means for the Linnean Society to be rid of him.
Thanks Smith for "high compliment" paid to him by Linnean Society [in proposing a portrait be taken of him], only regrets it comes so soon after the subscription for Smith's bust, which raised £190, proud to be the proposer of it. Uncertain what has happened about nomination of [James] Bicheno to succeed him [as Society Secretary].
Letter date:
8 Mar 1825
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
Sm/M'L 179
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 13 Mar [1825] |
| Finding Aids | Correspondence-Smith/McLeay handlist, Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | For Smith's reply of 13 March 1825, see JES/AM/179.
For Hibbert's letter to Smith of 18 February 1825, see JES/COR/22/111; for Hibbert's letter to Smith of 29 April 1825 on Jamaica botanic garden, see JES/COR/22/112; for letter from William Jackson Hooker to Smith of 27 April 1826 on Jamaica botanic garden, see JES/COR/23/13. |
