A title page of Volume 16: Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith and Mariamne and Thomas Johnes and Andrew Fountaine
A title page of Volume 17: Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith and William Roscoe
[Translation by Anna Gurney, not dated, references to posthumous publications of Peter Forsskål provide estimate of 1775 for date of original letter]
Death of Professor [Peter] Forsskål [(1732-1763), Swedish naturalist and explorer]; sending his posthumous works "Flora aegyptiaco-arabica" and "Descriptiones animalium" to Linnaeus.
[Incomplete translation of letter dated 6 June 1775, by Anna Gurney]
Enclosing list of plants from Sweden which are not listed in "Flora Anglica".
According to Linnaean sexual system, with headings "Monandria" and "Diandria".
[Probably from Roscoe's working papers for his "Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae.." (1828)]
Sketch drawings in ink and pencil of reproductive organs of 'Canna', 'Maranta', 'Thalia', 'Myrosma', 'Alpinia', 'Zingiber', 'Amomum', 'Costus', 'Kaempferia', 'Curcuma', 'Colebrookia', and 'Gen. nov. au. Bot.'. Labels for 'Phrynium' and 'Philydrum' but no drawings.
[Probably from Roscoe's working papers for his "Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae.." (1828)]
Observations: 'Hellenia' of Retzius and Willdenow appears to be 'Alpinia'; 'Renealmia' omitted, 'Renealmia exaltata' resembles 'Globba uviformis' and 'Renealmia' of Andrews Bot Rep are 'Alpinia'; 'Amomum' divided into 'Zingiber' and 'Amomum'; 'Amomum zedoaria' is a 'Curcuma'; 'Hornstedtia' of Willdenow to be considered; 'Alpinia comosa' of Willdenow is a 'Costus'; and 'Globba' to be further examined.
[Probably from Roscoe's working papers for his "Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae.." (1828)]
Printed address by Roscoe announcing his withdrawal as candidate for Liverpool at forthcoming parliamentary election. Lists achievements of the recently dissolved Parliament. Withdrawing due to the "general prejudice" he has met for his part in abolition of the slave trade, his difficulties in attempting to publically render an account of his conduct, and physical attacks on his supporters.
Printed by G F Harris.
A title page of Volume 18: Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith and Thomas Jenkinson Woodward
Three title pages of Volume 19: Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith and his father, James Smith, his mother, Frances Smith, and wife, Pleasance Smith
Poem in tribute to a "most belov'd recess/ Dog-hole" [possibly a London Unitarian chapel].
Defends the Roman Catholic faith against Smith's attacks on it in "Sketch": criticises Smith for "picking nettles and moss" instead of visiting the Palace of Caserta, Naples; for commenting on art and statues but labelling a statue of the Virgin Mary "idolatory"; Smith's hypocrisy in despairing of lack of religious freedom in Turin but rejoicing at the anti-Catholic songs sung in Geneva. Defends the Catholic litany; remarks on religious liberty of Protestants in Rome compared to Catholic priests in England; points out that common people are superstitious in all countries, such as maids in London divining from tea leaves; criticises [Jean-Jacques] Rousseau's [(1712-1778), philosopher] contradictions.
Photographic copy of John Opie's (1761-1807) 1798 portrait of Pleasance Smith.
[Note in pencil by Robert Kippist on reverse] received from Lady Smith 17 September 1872.
Transcript of Smith's dedication of "Tour to Hafod" to Thomas Johnes, and preface.
A title page and contents page of Volume 2 of James Edward Smith's Correspondence
List of plants sent to Bellardi by Smith in addition to those marked in Bellardi's desiderata.
Draft of Smith's review John Berkenhout's [(1730-1791), physician and writer] to "Clavis Anglica linguae botanicae" (1789), which appeared in the "Analytical Review" of March or April 1791.
Numbered notes on [Henry] Muhlenberg's North American plant specimens, covering 703-780.
[Note in Smith's hand] "thus far written in letter Dec. 22 1807. Sent by Liverpool to Dr Muhlenberg".
Receipt for a paper and a box carried between Norwich and London, or vice versa, by Samuel C Marsh, signed by J Elmer [presumably connected to printing and proofs of "A selection of the correspondence of Linnaeus" (1821)].
A title page and contents page of Volume 3 of James Edward Smith's Correspondence