Sir Thomas Gery Cullum to Sir James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/13/62
Title Sir Thomas Gery Cullum to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date 1 Jan 1820
Author(s) Sir Thomas Gery, 7th baronet Cullum 1741-1831
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/13/62 from Sir Thomas Gery Cullum to Sir James Edward Smith (1 January 1820)

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Item Type: Document
From: Cullum, Sir Thomas Gery
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Lady Cullum losing her eyesight to cataracts but Sir William Adams [(1783-1827), oculist] will not operate till she is almost completely blind in both eyes, hopes it can be done by May as warmer summer months not suitable.
Attended Royal Society meeting and dinner; Sir Joseph Banks too ill to attend but [Davies] Gilbert, Mr Raper, Dr [John] Latham, and [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert did. Was not aware of Mrs [Catherine] Lambert's "deplorable state" until seeing the muffled rapper on Lambert's door; a letter from Sir George Staunton says she continues in the same way, he has lately bought an estate at Leigh in Hampshire. Received from Copenhagen the continuation of "Flora Danica", observes that "Flora Britannica" and "English Botany" are frequently quoted, along with [Thomas] Velley and late [John] Stackhouse. Congratulates Smith on his appointment to botanical professorship at the Royal Institution. Flattered by Smith's article on 'Cullumia' in [Abraham] Rees' "Cyclopedia" which has been copied by Dr [John] Sims in the "Botanical Magazine". Encloses note for Smith's neighbour, Stevenson [not extant].

Letter date: 1 Jan 1820
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 13.115
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Related MaterialSmith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London.