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GB-110/JES/COR/8/94
Title
Humphry Repton, Hare Street, near Romford, [Essex], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
9 Jul 1815
Author(s)
Humphry Repton 1752-1818
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/94 from Humphry Repton, Hare Street, near Romford, [Essex], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (9 July 1815)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/94 from Humphry Repton, Hare Street, near Romford, [Essex], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (9 July 1815) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Repton, Humphry
Sent from:
Romford, Essex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Has been confined for nine months [on account of his angina pectoria]. Philosophical reflections on friendship; life; Smith's botanical achievements; recent history, including fall of the Bourbons and rise of Napoleon; notions of power and glory; and his own approaching death, inspired by death of [Samuel] Whitbread [(1764-1815) politician, who killed himself by cutting his throat on 6 July 1815].
Letter date:
9 Jul 1815
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.169
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, pp.189-191. |
