Sir Thomas Gery Cullum and Mary Cullum, Bury [St Edmunds, Suffolk], to Sir James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/13/110
Title Sir Thomas Gery Cullum and Mary Cullum, Bury [St Edmunds, Suffolk], to Sir James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 11 Oct 1827
Author(s) Sir Thomas Gery, 7th baronet Cullum 1741-1831
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/13/110 from Sir Thomas Gery Cullum and Mary Cullum, Bury [St Edmunds, Suffolk], to Sir James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (11 October 1827)

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Item Type: Document
From: Cullum, Sir Thomas Gery
Sent from: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Glad to hear that Smith attended the musical festival at Norwich. Does not think Mr Alexander's hurried advice could have done Smith's eye much benefit. Lady Cullum visited Mrs [Catherine] Lambert in London, she is confined to bed having lost the use of one side of her body and [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert is in Wiltshire and attended the annual meeting of "literati" at Sir [Richard] Colt Hoare's. Attended Horticultural Society meeting; there were numerous apples and pears and a "magnificent" number of species and varietites of 'Dahlia', and in Covent Garden market Coe's plum or the golden drop are selling three shillings a dozen. London weather prevented him from going to the Chiswick garden. [John] Latham publishing an index to his "General History of Birds". Bishop of Carlisle [Samuel Goodenough's] death gave him much cause for concern, and shocked at how few members of the Linnean Society from 1788 and 1789 are still alive.
In footnote Mary Cullum sends her good wishes to the Smiths.

Letter date: 11 Oct 1827
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 13.191
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Related MaterialLatham, J, (1821-1824). "A general history of birds." Winchester: [privately], 10 vols.