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GB-110/JES/COR/3/29
Title
Andrew Caldwell, Dublin, [Ireland], to James Edward Smith, Messrs Martin, Hope and Thornley's, Liverpool, [Lancashire]
Letter date
27 Jul 1805
Author(s)
Andrew Caldwell 1733-1808
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/3/29 from Andrew Caldwell, Dublin, [Ireland], to James Edward Smith, Messrs Martin, Hope and Thornley's, Liverpool, [Lancashire] (27 July 1805)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/3/29 from Andrew Caldwell, Dublin, [Ireland], to James Edward Smith, Messrs Martin, Hope and Thornley's, Liverpool, [Lancashire] (27 July 1805) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Caldwell, Andrew
Sent from:
Dublin, Ireland
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Liverpool, Lancashire
Summary:
Disappointed to not be able to join Smith and his family in Liverpool and missing the lectures. Invites Smith to come to Ireland after his stay in Liverpool. Mackay is on a botanising tour of County Cork. Enjoying the second volume of [William] Roscoe's "Leo" ["The Life of Lorenzo de’ Medici"] but wishes there was a translation of the appendices.
Letter date:
27 Jul 1805
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
3.56
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 3 Aug [1805] |
| 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. |
| Related Material | In Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, pp.163-166 there is a transcript of the final letter Caldwell sent to Smith, sent from Dublin on 7 Mar 1808, relating his sickness, plans to renew his botanical studies, interesting plants at Dublin Botanic Garden, indignation of the "outrage in Copenhagen", the original letter is not extant in this collection. Roscoe, W, (1796). "The Life of Lorenzo de’ Medici called The Magnificent" London: A. Strahan et la; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. |
