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GB-110/JES/COR/8/28
Title
Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
9 Mar 1794
Author(s)
Thomas Pennant 1726-1798
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/28 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London (9 March 1794)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/28 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London (9 March 1794) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Pennant, Thomas
Sent from:
Downing, Flintshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Pleasure at reading Smith's "Tour of the Continent", agrees with Smith's disparaging comments on the French, comments that the French Revolution would be happy if "the proud waves of correction" could be controlled, "but the cruel inundation has made havoc indiscriminate". Sorrow at execution of the "merciful" Louis XVI but rejoices at executions of [Jacques Pierre] Brissot [(1754-1793)] and other regicides. Recommends Smith reads the "private life of Louis XV".
Letter date:
9 Mar 1794
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.45
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, p.300. |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, " A sketch of a tour on the Continent in the years 1786 and 1787", London (1793). |
