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GB-110/JES/COR/23/28
Title
Thomas Charles Hope, Glasgow, to James Edward Smith
Letter date
28 Sep 1792
Author(s)
Thomas Charles Hope 1766-1844
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/23/28 from Thomas Charles Hope, Glasgow, to James Edward Smith (28 September 1792)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Hope, Thomas Charles
Sent from:
Glasgow
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Introduces [Etienne] Delessert, a young gentleman of Paris who is to spend time in London; he has been resident in Edinburgh for last 5 years. Asks if [William] Thomson [(c 1760-1806), mineralogist and physician] is still in Italy. Comments on "demi-maniac" Sir George Staunton and "cabbage leaf of a fellow", Broussonet. Sorry to have missed [James] Dickson when he passed through Glasgow on his Scottish tour. Dr Stuart, of Luss, now married.
Letter date:
28 Sep 1792
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
23.55
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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 23 Oct [1792] |
