James Edward Smith, Hall Place, [Berkshire] to Pleasance Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/19/85
Title James Edward Smith, Hall Place, [Berkshire] to Pleasance Smith
Letter date 10 Jun 1810
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/19/85 from James Edward Smith, Hall Place, [Berkshire] to Pleasance Smith (10 June 1810)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from: Berkshire
To: Smith, Pleasance
Summary:

His journey from Oxford to Hall Place. His time in London, including seeing [Thomas] Forster, Mr and Mrs Lee, Mrs Barbauld, the Aikins, including Lucy Aikin [(1781-1864), historical writer], whose poem on women is "very admirable"; Mr Thomson of Russell Square, now a master in Chancery; attended a party at Mrs Weddell's with the C Scotts, meeting Mrs [Amelia] Opie [(1769-1853), author], the Rudges, Wilbrahams, Mr and Mrs Frere, and Sir H Englefield. Proposed to the Dilettanti club by Lord Borringdon; intends to join. Oppressive weather in London. Lord Erskine has called on him twice to consult about willows, recommended by William Smith. His "Hafod Tour"; payment and gifting of copies. Intends to dedicate his "Lapland Tour" to Thomas Forster of Clapton, [Essex].
[Letter incomplete: second folio cropped, presumed destroyed]

Letter date: 10 Jun 1810
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 19.189
Additional Information:
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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 MaterialSmith, J E, (1810). "A tour to Hafod, in Cardiganshire ..." London: White. Linnaeus, C, Smith, J E, and Troilius, C (tr.), (1811). "Lachesis Lapponica, or a Tour in Lapland", London: White & Cochrane.