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GB-110/JES/COR/19/6
Title
James Edward Smith, Edinburgh, to James Smith
Letter date
30 Nov 1781
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
9
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GB-110/JES/COR/19/6 from James Edward Smith, Edinburgh, to James Smith (30 November 1781)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Edinburgh
To:
Smith, James
Summary:
Enjoyment of his life and studies in Edinburgh. Reassures his father that there is no danger of botany engrossing his attention too much. His enjoyment of anatomy, has undertaken the Materia Medica, will attend on an apothecary's shop in the summer. Dr [John] Hope's kind attentions. Dined with Mr Gloag, account of his family and status. Dined with Dr Hutton and Dr Black. Excesses of his fellow lodgers, [John Henry] Engelhart and Mr Lubbock. Requests black silk stockings.
Letter date:
30 Nov 1781
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.9
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 | For James Smith's letter of 27 October 1781, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/19/3. For James Smith's reply of 9 December 1781, see JES/COR/19/7. |
