Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Alexander Macleay

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Ref No GB-110/JES/AM/87
Title Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Alexander Macleay
Letter date 27 Dec 1814
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/AM/87 from Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Alexander Macleay (27 December 1814)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from: Norwich, Norfolk
To: Macleay, Alexander
Summary:

Sorry to hear Macleay has been "attacked by my old enemy in the lungs", warns him to be careful in the severe weather, which is much like that which made him so ill in 1812. Will soon send a paper on "fishes from America" [by Samuel Latham Mitchill] for Linnean Society meeting. Requests Macleay's servant to deliver two letters to Fludyer Street, [London, home of George D'Oyly].

Letter date: 27 Dec 1814
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: Sm/M'L 87
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Related MaterialMitchill, S L, (n.d.). A description of certain fishes taken in the water of North America, near New York/Samuel L. Mitchill. Read 7 Feb.1815. Dated 8 Jun.1814. Supplementary letter, dated New York 20 June 1814.
Finding AidsCorrespondence-Smith/McLeay handlist, Linnean Society.