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GB-110/JES/COR/26/81
Title
James Yates, 14 Islington Row, Birmingham, [Warwickshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
29 Mar 1825
Author(s)
James Yates 1789-1871
Number of Pages
8
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GB-110/JES/COR/26/81 from James Yates, 14 Islington Row, Birmingham, [Warwickshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (29 March 1825)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/26/81 from James Yates, 14 Islington Row, Birmingham, [Warwickshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (29 March 1825) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Yates, James
Sent from:
Birmingham, Warwickshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Received Smith's letter of 8 January [1825]. Introduces his young friend, Howard Ryland, bearer of this letter. He and Mrs Yates would be happy to receive the Smiths as their guests. Mrs Yates is copying the account of Dr [Samuel] Parr's [(1747-1825), schoolmaster] funeral for Smith, it has appeared in some of the newspapers. Encloses sprig of a greenhouse plant they bought as a 'Linum' [Smith annotation: "'Linum arboreum'"]; observations. News of Birmingham friends: Comptons, Galtons, and Corries.
Specimen of 'Linum', wrapped.
Letter date:
29 Mar 1825
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
26.147
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 7 Oct [1826] |
| Related Material | For Smith's reply of 7 October 1826, see JES/COR/26/82. |
| 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. |
