| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/11/74 |
| Title | Samuel Goodenough, 14 Berners Street, [London], to James Edward Smith |
| Description | A "dreadful" six day journey from Carlisle to London brought on gout. Discusses 'Nymphaea' as mentioned in Theophrastus, Dioscorides, and Stephen's "Thesaurus". Not surprised at [James] Donn's [(1758-1813), curator of Cambridge Botanic Garden] attacks on [George] Don if he "learned any of the tricks of Thomas Agnew, to whom he was second at Kew" [Donn had accused Don of using seeds from Cambridge to grow into plants to claim as indigenous to Scotland, see RelatedMaterial]. Thanks Smith for offer of a turkey. Has not had a chance to see the "Anti-Jacobin". |
| Date | 11 Jan 1809 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 2 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | For letters from Charles Lyell discussing James Donn's accusations of George Don see JES/COR/6/115; JES/COR/6/116; and previous letter from Goodenough JES/COR/11/70; JES/COR/11/97. |
| PrevRefNo | 11.144 |
| 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. |