Sir James Edward Smith, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to Alexander Macleay, 44 Parliament Street, [London]

Summary

Sends what he hopes "will lead to a final settlement of this foolish & contemptible business" between [Patrick] Keith [(1769-1840)] and [Thomas Andrew] Knight [Knight was offended by remarks made against him in several publications by Keith, including "Linnean Transactions"].

His lectures begin on Monday for 4 weeks, hopes not to hear anything further of above affair as he has "enough business" of his own, and intends to be at Linnean Society for 5 May [1818].

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN184

From

Sir James Edward Smith

To

Alexander Macleay

Date

4 Apr 1818

Sent from

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/AM/140, The Linnean Society of London

Language

English

Contributor

The Linnean Society of London[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.