Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Cullum, Sir Thomas Gery
Sent to location:
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Summary:
[William] Roscoe visited him in Norwich and they visited Holkham, [Norfolk, home of Thomas William Coke] and Narford, [Norfolk, home of Andrew Fountaine], together; Roscoe could not visit Cullum via his journey home as he was anxious to return to his ill wife. Dawson Turner was also at Holkham, together they made a catalogue of Coke's collection of two hundred manuscripts. Around two hundred pieces each of pictures, old prints, Raphael's earthenware, and old French enamel, at Narford [Hall].
Vice-chancellor of Cambridge, [George] Thackery, refusing to assist him in gaining the garden and lectureship. Concerned for health of the "old professor" [Thomas Martyn]. The Dean [of Norwich, Joseph Turner (1747-1828)] has gone to Cambridge to argue Smith's case, and has also given [William Fitt] Drake another living of £150 a year. Sir Joseph Banks "tolerably well". [John] Fairbairn died recently, hopes William Anderson [(1766-1846)] from Mr [James] Vere's will succeed him [as curator of Chelsea Physic Garden]. Reported that [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert occupied in botanical matters.
Letter date:
20 Dec 1814
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
13.64
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Additional | Cullum replied 25 Dec [1814] |
| Related Material | For Cullum's letter of 21 November 1814, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/13/33. For Cullum's reply of 25 December 1814, see JES/COR/13/35. |
