| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/17/51 |
| Title | James Edward Smith, Blackheath, [Kent], to William Roscoe, Alleton Hall, near Liverpool, [Lancashire] |
| Description | Staying with his cousins [the Kindersleys]. Roscoe's address [announcing withdrawal from Liverpool election] is admired by all, and Sir Joseph Banks told [Jonas] Dryander it was "the best he had ever seen", though all are convinced he should not withdraw, especially as William Smith has just been reelected. "Astonished & indignant beyond measure" at Roscoe's countrymen.
His health is good and lung iunflammation cleared following a "good dose or two of James's powder"; comments on "noise & dirt" in Covent Garden now. Roscoe not put into Linnean Society council as he is too far from London, though finds everyone at the Society is disposed to his wishes anyway. [Richard] Salisbury is "quarelling" with everyone, and whilst breakfasting at the Banks' on Sunday they had an awkward, accidental meeting, which passed with "distant civility", and was the first time they have met outside of the Linnean Society.
[Thomas] Johnes has lost his election and [James] Brodie likely to lose his, "a great loss to me as a franker", but not to the country as he was a "mere Melville tool". |
| Date | 14 May 1807 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | For Roscoe's address announcing withdrawal from election, see JES/COR/17/48. |
| PrevRefNo | 17.101 |
| 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 | Smith, Sir James Edward (1759-1828) |
| Access_Status | Open |
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| GB/110/1/11 | Smith; Sir; James Edward (1759-1828); Knight; botanist | 1759-1828 |
| GB/110/1/31 | Roscoe; William (1753-1831); historian and patron of the arts | 1753-1831 |
| GB/110/1/320 | Kinderley; Nathaniel Edward (1763-1831); colonial assistant | 1763-1831 |
| GB/110/1/9 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1743-1820); Baronet; Naturalist and patron of science | 1743-1820 |
| GB/110/1/14 | Dryander; Jonas Carlsson (1748-1810); botanist and librarian | 1748-1810 |
| GB/110/1/291 | Smith; William (1756-1835); politician and dissenter | 1756-1835 |
| GB/110/1/15 | Salisbury; Richard Anthony (1761-1829); botanist and horticulturist | 1761-1829 |
| GB/110/1/315 | Johnes; Thomas (1748-1816); agriculturist and translator | 1748-1816 |
| GB/110/1/85 | Brodie; James (1744-1824); botanist and politician | 1744-1824 |