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GB-110/JES/COR/6/121
Title
John Lightfoot, Uxbridge, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, Paradise Row, Chelsea, Middlesex
Letter date
1 Sep 1785
Author(s)
John Lightfoot 1735-1788
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/121 from John Lightfoot, Uxbridge, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, Paradise Row, Chelsea, Middlesex (1 September 1785)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/6/121 from John Lightfoot, Uxbridge, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, Paradise Row, Chelsea, Middlesex (1 September 1785) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Lightfoot, John
Sent from:
Uxbridge, Middlesex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Chelsea, London
Summary:
Thanks Smith for trying to bring himself and [John] Pitchford together. Grief at death of the Duchess of Portland [Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785) wife of 2nd Duke of Portland], her collection to be auctioned February and March 1786 in Whitehall.
Letter date:
1 Sep 1785
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.217
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. |
