Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, James
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Mr Morgan's "appeal to the public" in response to Brand's letter. Details of parcel being sent to Smith. Mr Cooper to look Smith out; an agreeable companion for Smith, warns Smith not to become so used to his acquaintances that he does not keep other company, like English travellers abroad. Long discussion of consequences of Morgan's appeal. Pleased with Smith's letter to Mrs Pitchford, thinks a correspondence with her will introduce a familiar and gay style to his letter writing, the French habit. Mr Nouaille thinks Richard [Smith's brother] should be encouraged in his skill for drawings and become an architect or surveyor. Smith's aunt Kindersley's translation of a French essay. They have not heard of Smith's cousin in India [Nathaniel Kindersley]. Norwich news.
Letter date:
3 Nov 1782
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.61
Additional Information:
Note type | Note |
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Additional | Smith replied 28 Nov [1782] |
UNSPECIFIED | For Smith's reply of 28 November 1782, see JES/COR/19/27. |
UNSPECIFIED | 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. |