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GB-110/JES/COR/4/69
Title
William Fitt Drake, Caius College, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to Pleasance Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
7 Dec 1807
Author(s)
William Fitt Drake 1786-1874
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/4/69 from William Fitt Drake, Caius College, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to Pleasance Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (7 December 1807)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/4/69 from William Fitt Drake, Caius College, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to Pleasance Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (7 December 1807) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Drake, William Fitt
Sent from:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks Pleasance Smith for the "angels of pleasure" she sent, being what [Richard] Pulteney used to call letters "from those he esteemed". His experiences with poetry. Praises [James Edward] Smith's "Preface" [to "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany"].
Letter date:
7 Dec 1807
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
4.118
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 | For further on Cambridge, see JES/COR/4/68. Smith, J E, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman. |
