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GB-110/JES/COR/8/97
Title
Humphry Repton, Hare Street, near Romford, [Essex], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
6 Oct 1816
Author(s)
Humphry Repton 1752-1818
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/97 from Humphry Repton, Hare Street, near Romford, [Essex], to Sir James Edward Smith (6 October 1816)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/97 from Humphry Repton, Hare Street, near Romford, [Essex], to Sir James Edward Smith (6 October 1816) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Repton, Humphry
Sent from:
Romford, Essex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Smith's permission to reprint his "Linnean Transactions" paper on ivy in "Fragments of Landscape Gardening" came too late. His daughters have two silhouette drawings to send to Smith. Told by Dr Bailey that his angina pectoris is only an acute pain in his chest.
[Note in Smith's hand] death of Repton.
Letter date:
6 Oct 1816
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.174
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Repton, H, 'Observations on the supposed Effects of Ivy upon Trees, in a Letter to the President', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1815 11(1), pp.27-34. Repton, H, (1816). "Fragments on the theory and practice of Landscape Gardening, including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic Architecture." London; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available in British Library. |
