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GB-110/JES/COR/5/90
Title
Amelia Hume, Wormleybury, [Wormley, Hertfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk
Letter date
20 Oct [1803]
Author(s)
Amelia Hume 1751-1809
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/5/90 from Amelia Hume, Wormleybury, [Wormley, Hertfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk (20 October 1803)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/5/90 from Amelia Hume, Wormleybury, [Wormley, Hertfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk (20 October 1803) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Hume, Amelia
Sent from:
Wormley, Hertfordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Fears invasion by French but concedes that Bonaparte "will have been so far a benefactor to Englishmen that he will have taught us the value of the blessings Providence allows us". A 'Myrtus', the only one to grow between three attempted by her and Lady [Sophia] de Clifford, has flowered. A 'Cobben' Smith gave her the seeds, a creeper with purple flowers, has been grown by [Amelia] Long [neé Hume (1762-1837) daughter of Amelia and Abraham Hume, watercolour painter], has asked her to draw it.
Letter date:
20 Oct [1803]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
5.173
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
