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GB-110/JES/COR/3/11
Title
Andrew Caldwell, Dublin, [Ireland], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
22 Dec 1795
Author(s)
Andrew Caldwell 1733-1808
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/3/11 from Andrew Caldwell, Dublin, [Ireland], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (22 December 1795)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/3/11 from Andrew Caldwell, Dublin, [Ireland], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (22 December 1795) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Caldwell, Andrew
Sent from:
Dublin, Ireland
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
The poplins, also known as tabinets, have been sent, discusses the order, fabrics, and arbitary nature of fashion, and sends an additional piece of "strip'd and spangled tabinet". Tells Smith to not bother getting franks for him as it causes more delay than it is worth. Reviews Thunberg's "Travels", finding most of it new to him not having read Kompter or [Peter] Kolben [(1675–1726) astronomer and traveller], but a particular grievance is with the paucity of attention given to 'Champaca' in fourth volume.
Letter date:
22 Dec 1795
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
3.19
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. |
| Related Material | Thunberg, C P, (1796). "Voyages de C. P. Thunberg au Japon, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, les Isles de la Sonde" Paris (1796); please note not available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Additional | Smith replied 7 Jan 1796 |
