Charlotte Smith, Opposite University College, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/9/53
Title Charlotte Smith, Opposite University College, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 19 Feb 1797
Author(s) Charlotte Smith 1749-1806
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/9/53 from Charlotte Smith, Opposite University College, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (19 February 1797)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Charlotte
Sent from: Oxford, Oxfordshire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Her misfortunes: financial plights of herself and her children, emotional turmoil caused by death of her favourite daughter. Seeks employment to draw and colour plates for Smith's next "magnificent" work of natural history.

Letter date: 19 Feb 1797
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 9.106
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 24 [Feb 1797]
Finding AidsDawson, 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.