| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/11/16 |
| Title | Samuel Goodenough, Ealing, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, [London] |
| Description | Has just returned from a month long visit to Hastings, Sussex, where he saw the India, Jamaica, and Oporto fleets and collected marine plants. Fishermen brought a blue shark, 'Squalus glaucus', to shore, and as [Thomas] Pennant had only briefly spoken of the species decided to make a full description of it, and had an outline drawing of it made; proposes it for a paper [published as 'A Description of the Porbeagle Shark']. Has a specimen of 'Asplenium marinum' for Linnean Society herbarium. Found two new 'Ulvae' at Hastings. Asks the progress of printing of his paper on 'Carex'; wishes [John] Sibthorp could see it before he finishes his "Flora Oxoniensis". Baroness [Henriette Charlotte von] Itzenplitz has giving birth to a son at Kew.
On reverse of letter note "do get my vol. of Phil. Transactions" and a column of amounts of money. |
| Date | 16 Sep 1793 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | Goodenough's paper on the Porbeagle shark was cited in a dispute between Hugh Davies and Edward Donovan, see letters from Davies to Smith JES/COR/4/27; JES/COR/4/30; and letter from Goodenough to Smith JES/COR/11/68; JES/COR/11/79; JES/COR/11/80.
Goodenough, S, 'A Description of the Porbeagle Shark, the Squalus Cornubicus of Gmelin, Var. a.', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1797 3(1), pp.80-83.
Goodenough, S, 'Observations on the British Species of Carex', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1794 2(1), pp.126-211.
Sibthorp, J, (1794). "Flora Oxoniensis, exhibens plantas in agro Oxoniensi..." Oxonia: Typis Academicus. |
| Notes | Smith replied 22 [Sep 1793] |
| Publn_Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, pp.525-526. |
| PrevRefNo | 11.30 |
| 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. |