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GB-110/JES/COR/4/67
Title
William Fitt Drake, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith, 6 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, London
Letter date
11 May 1805
Author(s)
William Fitt Drake 1786-1874
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/4/67 from William Fitt Drake, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith, 6 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, London (11 May 1805)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/4/67 from William Fitt Drake, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith, 6 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, London (11 May 1805) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Drake, William Fitt
Sent from:
Bath, Somerset
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Account of his stay in Tavistock, Devon, with Mr and Mrs Harness, and onward journey to Bath via Exeter, where he saw at the theatre "Young Roscius the 2nd" perform Hamlet, and Bristol. At Bath saw "Maid of the Mill" [by John Fletcher and William Rowley, first performed 1623]. Accounts of people he called on including Dr [Thomas] Beddoes, "very odd and absent"; Mr and Mrs Dickson; Lady Strangford and her daughters; the Talbots; Dr Parry; Miss Sharpe; Dr Currie; and [Thomas] Velley.
Letter date:
11 May 1805
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
4.114
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For further on Drake's travels, see JES/COR/4/66. |
| 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. |
