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GB-110/JES/COR/13/64
Title
Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk]
Letter date
26 Apr 1820
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/13/64 from Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk] (26 April 1820)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/13/64 from Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk] (26 April 1820) 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:
In mourning for four relatives, including his and Lady Smith's mothers. Going to Thomas Furly Forster's in Clapton, [Essex], for a week before going onto London, and then to lecture in Liverpool in May. Hopes to see Cullum at Horticultural and Linnean Society meetings in May. Laments deaths of [Thomas] Woodward and [Jeremiah] Ives [(d 1820), mayor of Norwich 1786 and 1801] of Catton, [Norfolk]. Thinks Cullum's plant is 'Dianthus virgineus', requests dried specimens of 'Tulipa sylvestris'. Has solicited for Mr Longstaff's astronomical lectures. Preparing for the press "very curious" letters from Dillenius to Linnaeus and to Dr Richardson.
Letter date:
26 Apr 1820
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
13.119
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Cullum's letter of 15 April 1820, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/13/63. |
