From:
Samuel Goodenough
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
3 Jan 1825
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/12/95, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
[Alexander] Macleay appointed to the Colonial Secretaryship in Botany Bay, [New South Wales]. Goodenough and [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert propose either [Charles] Stokes [(1783-1853), stockbroker] or [James] Bicheno for Macleay's replacement as Linnean Society Secretary. Warns Smith of Joseph Sabine's "spirit of ascendancy" and his influence over [John] Lindley [(1799-1865), botanist].
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London