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GB-110/JES/COR/9/48
Title
William Smith to James Edward Smith
Letter date
[29 May 1812]
Author(s)
William Smith 1756-1835
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/48 from William Smith to James Edward Smith (29 May 1812)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, William
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Reports ongoing negotiations in formation of a new ministry following the "assassination" [of Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), Prime Minister from 1809 to 11 May 1812, on which day he was shot and killed by John Bellingham]. [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert brought [Thomas] Nuttall [(1786-1859) explorer of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, USA] to the club, he has returned with much botanical and entomological information. A riddle in reference to Revd John Rudd.
Letter date:
[29 May 1812]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
9.94
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. |
