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GB-110/JES/COR/9/47
Title
William Smith to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
25 Nov 1810
Author(s)
William Smith 1756-1835
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/47 from William Smith to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (25 November 1810)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/9/47 from William Smith to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (25 November 1810) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, William
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Has sent Smith's letters to "poor Thompson" and commiserates with his apparent frequent misfortunes [possibly Thomas Perronet Thompson (1783-1869), the first governor of Sierra Leone to be appointed by the Crown in 1808, he was recalled in 1810 for exposing the former poor management of the colony]. Glad that Smith does not want him to exert himself for "the other extraordinarily knowing fool", reports a comment made in House of Commons on matter. Sorry he was not of the party in "the so well described library" [probably Thomas William Coke's library at Holkham, Norfolk], jokes that he would have made a better companion for Lord Spencer [George John, 2nd Earl Spencer] than Smith on account of his indoor and outdoor skills.
Letter date:
25 Nov 1810
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
9.92
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. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, pp.171-172. |
