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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/19/32
Title
James Edward Smith, Leyden, [Netherlands], to Frances Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk], England
Letter date
26 Jun 1786
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/19/32 from James Edward Smith, Leyden, [Netherlands], to Frances Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk], England (26 June 1786)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/19/32 from James Edward Smith, Leyden, [Netherlands], to Frances Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk], England (26 June 1786) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Leyden, Netherlands
To:
Smith, Frances
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Wrote to his father from Rotterdam; account of their journey from there to Leyden. Account of his degree examinations, about which he was anxious, but not as much as before his election to the Royal Society. Politeness of the people. His difficulties at a card party at Professor Allamand's, to whom he was recommended by Sir Joseph Banks. His companions, living arrangements, and cleanliness and houses of the town.
Letter date:
26 Jun 1786
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.87
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| 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. |
