| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/11/65 |
| Title | James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Samuel Goodenough |
| Description | Grateful for Goodenough's comments on "Flora Graeca" manuscript, discusses use of 'Atho', corrected by [John] Hawkins to 'Athone', and other Latin. Laments the loss of Goodenough's critical letter on his "Introduction to Botany", a similar thing occured when the Duke of Portland franked a letter to him on his "[Sketch of a] Tour [on the continent]". Pleased that Sir Abraham Hume is to become a FLS. Dawson Turner grateful for Goodenough's correcting [of the name 'Griffithsii' to 'Griffithsiae'] and it shall be published in "English Botany" as 'Griffithsiae'. His wife has relapsed into her rheumatic illness. Lord Seaforth an "excellent & very acute man". Directs Goodenough to [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert for news of [Richard] Salisbury stealing a figure of 'Byblis' from Sir Joseph Banks. |
| Date | 6 Apr 1808 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | For letter from Lambert notifying Smith of theft of 'Byblis' and others see JES/COR/6/63; JES/COR/11/65.
Smith, J E, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman.
Smith, J E, (1793). "A sketch of a tour on the Continent in the years 1786 and 1787" London.
Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London. |
| Publn_Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, pp.565-566. |
| PrevRefNo | 11.126 |
| 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. |
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| GB/110/1/205 | Hawkins; John (1761-1841); traveller and geologist | 1761-1841 |
| GB/110/1/115 | Hume; Amelia (1751-1809) | 1751-1809 |
| GB/110/1/11 | Smith; Sir; James Edward (1759-1828); Knight; botanist | 1759-1828 |
| GB/110/1/79 | Turner; Dawson (1775-1858); banker, botanist and antiquary | 1775-1858 |
| GB/110/1/161 | Smith; Pleasance (1773-1877); benefactor of the Linnean Society | 1773-1877 |
| GB/110/1/225 | Mackenzie; Francis Humberston (1754-1815); Lord Seaforth, Baron Mackenzie of Kintail; army officer and colonial governor | 1754-1815 |
| GB/110/1/25 | Lambert; Aylmer Bourke (1761-1842); botanist | 1761-1842 |
| GB/110/1/15 | Salisbury; Richard Anthony (1761-1829); botanist and horticulturist | 1761-1829 |
| GB/110/1/9 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1743-1820); Baronet; Naturalist and patron of science | 1743-1820 |