Matthew Baillie, Cavendish Square, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/20/43
Title Matthew Baillie, Cavendish Square, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date 19 Jan 1821
Author(s) Matthew Baillie 1761-1823
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/20/43 from Matthew Baillie, Cavendish Square, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith (19 January 1821)

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Item Type: Document
From: Baillie, Matthew
Sent from: London
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Thanks for turkey. Pleased Smith's health improved but recommends continuing daily dose of laundanum for a year. Surprised by failure of plan for monument to Sir Joseph [Banks]; he "certainly judged ill in not leaving a legacy to the Royal Society". Naming of Scottish judges.

Letter date: 19 Jan 1821
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 20.68
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.