Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/1/69
Title Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 13 Feb 1801
Author(s) Sir Joseph, baronet Banks 1743-1820
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/1/69 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith (13 February 1801)

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Item Type: Document
From: Banks, Sir Joseph
Sent from: London
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Asks Smith to thank Mr Grave for "his magnificent present" of a swan, and Smith's mother for turkeys. Uncertain how the "sudden and unexpected concussion" caused by resignation of Prime Minister William Pitt will end, "dear old England cannot suffer much" [Pitt resigned after an impasse was reached over Catholic Emancipation].

Letter date: 13 Feb 1801
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 1.12
Additional Information:
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.