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GB-110/JES/COR/5/96
Title
Sir Abraham Hume, Wormleybury, [Wormley, Hertfordshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
6 Apr 1814
Author(s)
Sir Abraham, 2nd baronet Hume 1749-1838
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/5/96 from Sir Abraham Hume, Wormleybury, [Wormley, Hertfordshire], to James Edward Smith (6 April 1814)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/5/96 from Sir Abraham Hume, Wormleybury, [Wormley, Hertfordshire], to James Edward Smith (6 April 1814) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Hume, Sir Abraham
Sent from:
Wormley, Hertfordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Grateful for Smith's condolences on death of his daughter Sophia [Lady Brownlow (1788-1814), wife of John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow], a "victim of [...] this cruel winter". Believes the people at Cambridge are "most obstinatley blind to their own interests" [Smith's unsuccessful campaign to become Professor of Botany], comments that the Botanical Garden there last summer was in a "most forlorn uncomfortable state". Wishes Smith knew Mr Eustace, a writer who has been staying at Wormleybury. Sophia's death has "badly checked" the pleasure he gained from his plants and garden, which after the death of his wife Amelia were cultivated solely for Sophia.
Letter date:
6 Apr 1814
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
5.184
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. |
| Related Material | For Catherine Lambert's (wife of Aylmer Bourke Lambert) reaction to Lady Brownlow's see JES/COR/6/80. |
