| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/11/67 |
| Title | Samuel Goodenough to James Edward Smith, at Robert Reeve's Esq, Lowestoft, [Suffolk] |
| Description | Discusses etymology and usage of 'Atho' in "Flora Graeca". Reassures Smith he read and sent a letter on Smith's "Introduction to Botany". Advocates revival of exhibits of material at Linnean Society meetings. Thinks Smith correct about Dr [Samuel] Johnson's [(1709-1784), author] "shard-born beetle". Sick of attending the "tiresome, ill-conducted debates" at the House of Lords. |
| Date | 9 Apr 1808 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | For Smith's letter on "shard-born" beetle see JES/COR/11/66.
Sibthorp, J, (1806-1837). "Flora Graeca", London: Taylor.
Smith, J E, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman. |
| PrevRefNo | 11.130 |
| 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. |