Thomas Forster, Boreham, Chelmsford, [Essex], to Sir James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/22/31
Title Thomas Forster, Boreham, Chelmsford, [Essex], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date 19 Jan 1828
Author(s) Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster 1789-1860
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/22/31 from Thomas Forster, Boreham, Chelmsford, [Essex], to Sir James Edward Smith (19 January 1828)

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Item Type: Document
From: Forster, Thomas
Sent from: Boreham, Essex
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Sends two small works lately published, one entirely by himself and other with the botanical part taken from his father's manuscripts [Thomas Furly Forster]; his plans for future botanical publication. He is now settled at Boreham, near Chelmsford, and getting into medical practice. Invites Smith to stay on his way into London. Improvements in "Curtis's Magazine". Sends seed of a new 'Crepis' from central France.
[Elizabeth Anne Tyrrell], the wife of his neighbour, [Sir John Tyssen] Tyrrell, has eloped with [John Humphrey] St Aubyn [(1790-1857)], son of Sir John St Aubyn [(1758-1839)].

Letter date: 19 Jan 1828
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 22.58