Thomas Stewart Traill, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, London

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/26/5
Title Thomas Stewart Traill, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, London
Letter date 19 May 1821
Author(s) Thomas Stewart Traill 1781-1862
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/26/5 from Thomas Stewart Traill, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, London (19 May 1821)

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Item Type: Document
From: Traill, Thomas Stewart
Sent from: Liverpool, Lancashire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Apologises for delay in informing Smith of state of the subscription to purchase an annuity for [William] Roscoe; Smith's £50 transferred to the fund; about £3,000 already subscribed, exclusive of [Thomas William] Coke's £100 per annum. Roscoe appears pleased "at the manner in which this mark of the esteem and regards of his friends has been brought about". Roscoe has made himself unwell through overwork on several literary pursuits. The Martin family all well [Smith's sister and family].

Letter date: 19 May 1821
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 26.1
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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.