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GB-110/JES/COR/26/1
Title
Thomas Stewart Traill, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
25 Dec 1818
Author(s)
Thomas Stewart Traill 1781-1862
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/26/1 from Thomas Stewart Traill, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (25 December 1818)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/26/1 from Thomas Stewart Traill, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (25 December 1818) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Traill, Thomas Stewart
Sent from:
Liverpool, Lancashire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Negotiations for fixing [William] Roscoe's pictures at the Liverpool Institution have failed and Roscoe is now pressing to auction the collection in London; suggests Smith approaching [Thomas William] Coke about purchasing it to prevent its dispersal. Collection valued at 1,500 guineas, but Roscoe offered it to the Institution for 1,200; lists some of the contents, contains 42-43 pictures.
Letter date:
25 Dec 1818
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
26.1
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. |
