| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/17/18 |
| Title | William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] |
| Description | His joy at receiving a letter from Smith. Pleased Mrs [Pleasance] Smith recovered her health through sea-bathing; Liverpool is "the most frequented bathing place in the kingdom". All his Liverpool friends "charmed" with Mrs Martin [Smith's sister] but concerned she is walking too long. Flattered by Smith's proposal to dedicate "Exotic Botany" to him.
Responds to points in Smith's previous letter: has not seen Captain [Thomas] Hardwicke, though received seeds and letter from him; [John] Shepherd [(c 1764-1836, curator Liverpool Botanic Garden] sent Lady [Amelia] Hume plants two months ago, and she sent back specimen of 'Humea elegans'; Shepherd hopes to send [Samuel] Cooper cuttings of 20 kinds of 'Passiflora' in the spring, their collection has considerably increased; safely received parrot tulip roots; will soon send packet of seeds from the gardens; observed the "minute criticism" [of Smith's "Flora Britannica"] in the "Monthly Magazine" and agrees the author must be handled "with tenderness". His "[Life and Pontificate of] Leo [the Tenth]" [(1805)] in final parts of fourth volume. Ordered "Annals of Botany" with "Exotic Botany". Glad of progress in his son [James, placed with Norfolk farmer Samuel Taylor] and [William Fitt] Drake. |
| Date | 22 Nov 1804 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | For Smith's letter of 5 November 1804, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/17/17. For Smith's reply of 25 November 1804, see JES/COR/17/19.
Smith, J E, (1804-1805). "Exotic botany" London: J. Sowerby.
Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis.
Roscoe, W, (1805). "The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth. (Dissertation on the character of Lucrezia Borgia.-F. Arsilli de Poetis Urbanis ad P. Jovium libellus.)" Liverpool: J. M. Creery; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Notes | Smith replied [25 Nov 1804] |
| Publn_Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, pp.323-325. |
| PrevRefNo | 17.31 |
| 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. |
| Creator Name | Roscoe, William (1753-1831) |
| Access_Status | Open |