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GB-110/JES/COR/16/112
Title
Andrew Fountaine, Lynn, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
22 Mar 1817
Author(s)
Andrew Fountaine 1770-1835
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/16/112 from Andrew Fountaine, Lynn, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (22 March 1817)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/16/112 from Andrew Fountaine, Lynn, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (22 March 1817) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Fountaine, Andrew
Sent from:
Lynn
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Confirms details for payment of £100 by [Thomas William] Coke for the papers of [Sir Edward] Coke [(1552-1634), lawyer, legal writer, and politician, ancestor of Thomas William Coke]. Thanks for Smith's London invitation but his father's health prevents him from leaving Norfolk all spring. Pleased to hear of an improvement in [William] Roscoe's affairs [following a bankruptcy in 1816].
Comments that whilst the Earl of Leicester [Thomas Coke (1697-1759)] left Holkham "magnificently decorated", Coke is right to make improvements. Duke of Bedford [John Russell, 6th Duke] has done himself honour by presenting a copy of his book ["Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis" (1816)] "to the first botanist in Europe".
Letter date:
22 Mar 1817
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
16.215
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 | Sinclair, G, Russell, J, (1816). "Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis, or, an account of the results of experiments on the produce and nutritive qualities ... Instituted by John Duke of Bedford ... Illustrated with dried specimens ... London 1816; Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis ..." London: [printer:] McMillan. |
