| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/11/60 |
| Title | Samuel Goodenough, Deanery, [Rochester, Kent], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] |
| Description | Thanks for Smith's "Introduction to Botany", Smith writes with "great spirit". Believes "all natural history should be turned ot the mental imporvement of mankind", asks if Smith has seen [Samuel] Vince's "4 Sermons against atheism" ["A Confutation of Atheism" (1807)] in which he makes "astronomy speak in this high strain". |
| Date | 6 Dec 1807 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 3 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman.
Vince, S, (1897). "A Confutation of Atheism, from the laws and constitution of the Heavenly Bodies: in four discourses preached before the University of Cambridge; with an introduction, notes, and an appendix" Cambridge; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available in British Library. |
| Publn_Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, p.473. |
| PrevRefNo | 11.117 |
| 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. |