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GB-110/JES/COR/3/5
Title
Andrew Caldwell, London, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
20 Jun 1795
Author(s)
Andrew Caldwell 1733-1808
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/3/5 from Andrew Caldwell, London, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 June 1795)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/3/5 from Andrew Caldwell, London, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 June 1795) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Caldwell, Andrew
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Prevented from immediately accepting Smith's proposal of a botanical excursion as he is waiting the arrival of his nephew Colonel Cockburn [Sir George Cockburn (1763–1847) army officer], to chaperone his female companions and has some business to conclude with Lord Bessborough [Frederick Ponsonby (1758-1844) 3rd Earl of Bessborough]. Turns down Smith's offer of accommodation, not wishing to intrude "in the first moments of so interesting an occasion as a marriage", will stay at an inn instead and shall travel by coach so as to be accompanied by [Nicholas] Gwyn. Trying to procure a tin box for plants.
Three small sketches of plants in ink and pencil on recto of second folio.
Letter date:
20 Jun 1795
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
3.9
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. |
