Sir James Edward Smith, Henbury Hill, near Bristol, to William Roscoe, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, [Lancashire]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/17/137
Title Sir James Edward Smith, Henbury Hill, near Bristol, to William Roscoe, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, [Lancashire]
Letter date 6 Aug 1825
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/17/137 from Sir James Edward Smith, Henbury Hill, near Bristol, to William Roscoe, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, [Lancashire] (6 August 1825)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from: Bristol
To: Roscoe, William
Sent to location: Liverpool, Lancashire
Summary:

Describes his travels since leaving Norwich on 30 April: stayed with Thomas Forster at Walthamstow and Edward Forster at Hale End, [both in Essex]; gave course of 10 lectures at the London Institution; saw the Coke family and Dr [Martin] Davy of Caius College, [Cambridge]; arrived in Bristol on 12 June but inflammation in his lungs recurred after his first three lectures, following treatment with James's powder, bleeding, and starvation resumed and completed lectures to a "brilliant & numerous" audience; staying in a cottage till end of September to regain his health. Finished third volume of his "[English] Flora". Heat in London prevented him from seeing Roscoe's son, Thomas, and the only exhibition or sight he saw was the King in the drawing room.

Letter date: 6 Aug 1825
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 17.275
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
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.
Publn NoteSmith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, pp.369-371.
Related MaterialSmith, J E, Hooker, W J, and Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman.