James Yates, Dinglehead, [near Liverpool, Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]

Summary

Reckons Smith amongst his "oldest and most valued friends"; about to marry; their new address, invites Smith to visit but hopes to see him in London before then; vouches for Smith's belief of botany as a "medium of communication with interesting and cultivated minds", it being instrumental in bringing him and his fiancée together. Recently called on [William] Roscoe who showed him "beautiful specimens" of his forthcoming work on 'Scitamineae'; believes Roscoe could have acquired more subscribers by making it more known.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2556

From

James Yates

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

10 Mar 1824

Sent from

Dinglehead, Lancashire

Sent to

Norwich, Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/26/79, 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.

• James Yates
• Sir James Edward Smith