| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/11/4 |
| Title | Samuel Goodenough, Ealing, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, [London] |
| Description | Impatient to receive specimens from his desiderata. Has five specimens of 'Nasmythia articulata' for [Thomas] Woodward, hopes to establish an exchange with him. Disappointed by [Thomas] Marsham's failure to acquire a cabinet of insects for him from the Duchess [of Portland's] sale [Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), collector of natural history specimens, wife of 2nd Duke of Portland]. Invites Smith to dinner on Sunday, asks him to bring his thesis manuscript for alterations. |
| Date | [May 1785] |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Oosterdijk, N G, (1786). "Disputatio physiologica inauguralis. Quaedam de Generatione complectens ... ex auctoritate ... Nicolai Georgii Ooesterdyk, ... submittit Jacobus Eduardus Smith, ..." Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Fratres Murray. |
| PrevRefNo | 11.4 |
| 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. |