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GB-110/JES/COR/19/53
Title
James Edward Smith, Bologna, [Italy], to Frances Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk], Inghilterra
Letter date
7 May 1787
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/19/53 from James Edward Smith, Bologna, [Italy], to Frances Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk], Inghilterra (7 May 1787)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/19/53 from James Edward Smith, Bologna, [Italy], to Frances Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk], Inghilterra (7 May 1787) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Bologna, Italy
To:
Smith, Frances
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Last wrote to his father on 24 April [1787]. Account of his [and William Younge's] journey from Rome to Bologna, via Loreto; has never left any place "with half so much regret"; details of the route and country, including holy shrines of Loreto, and visit to Ancona. Account of their time in Bologna. Setting out for Venice shortly, and then Milan. He is "never better than when travelling or running about", and has not had a cold for a very long time.
Letter date:
7 May 1787
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.133
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Frances Smith replied 13 Aug [1787] |
| 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. |
