Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/13/34
Title Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Letter date 20 Dec 1814
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/13/34 from Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (20 December 1814)

Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/13/34 from Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (20 December 1814) Close

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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 typeNote
AdditionalCullum replied 25 Dec [1814]
Related MaterialFor 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.