James Edward Smith, Leyden, [Netherlands], to Mrs Howorth, 3 by Charlotte Chapel, Pimlico, London

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/19/33
Title James Edward Smith, Leyden, [Netherlands], to Mrs Howorth, 3 by Charlotte Chapel, Pimlico, London
Letter date 15 Jul 1786
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/19/33 from James Edward Smith, Leyden, [Netherlands], to Mrs Howorth, 3 by Charlotte Chapel, Pimlico, London (15 July 1786)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from: Leyden, Netherlands
To: Mrs Howorth
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Finished his academical business this morning, before the "formidable appearance" of the "great wigs". Details of his future movements towards the Hague, Antwerp, and Brussels; feels some reluctance at leaving Holland and Leyden, "there is something very delightful [...] of being in a country of universal toleration & unbounded liberty"; discusses the Protestant reformers who sheltered here. Asks to be remembered to "all the dear dog-holians".

Letter date: 15 Jul 1786
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 19.89
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.
Related MaterialFor poem by Smith entitled "The Dogholiad", see JES/COR/19/34.