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GB-110/JES/COR/19/135
Title
Sir James Edward Smith, 4 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, [London], to Pleasance Smith
Letter date
3 Jul 1826
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/19/135 from Sir James Edward Smith, 4 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, [London], to Pleasance Smith (3 July 1826)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/19/135 from Sir James Edward Smith, 4 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, [London], to Pleasance Smith (3 July 1826) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Pleasance
Summary:
Account of his and Charles' [nephew of Smith's] excursion to Sunninghill, [Berkshire, home of Smith's Kindersley cousins]; a violent storm with hail, which they collected for iced water; visited Mr Barclay's grand house, including stoves and botanic gardens; searched in vain for tomb or memorial of his uncle Ireland in Reigate, [Surrey], church, the sexton had known his uncle and knew of the "incestuous anecdote". Everyone praises his improved looks and colour. Looked at carpet patterns; his opinion. Sitting for last time for [Francis Leggatt] Chantrey [(1781-1841), sculptor] tomorrow.
[Letter incomplete: folio[s] missing or destroyed, fragment of second folio pasted to end of recto of folio]
Letter date:
3 Jul 1826
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.279
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
