William Fitt Drake, Caius College, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/4/68
Title William Fitt Drake, Caius College, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 19 Nov 1807
Author(s) William Fitt Drake 1786-1874
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/4/68 from William Fitt Drake, Caius College, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (19 November 1807)

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Item Type: Document
From: Drake, William Fitt
Sent from: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Account of his life at Caius College as an undergraduate, including details of his studies of Greek and the classics. A poem of his own composition, "Anglica fuse redditum" is appended on the final page.

Letter date: 19 Nov 1807
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 4.116
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.
Related MaterialFor further on Cambridge, see JES/COR/4/69.