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GB-110/JES/COR/13/77
Title
Sir Thomas Gery Cullum to Sir James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
[Apr 1823]
Author(s)
Sir Thomas Gery, 7th baronet Cullum 1741-1831
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/13/77 from Sir Thomas Gery Cullum to Sir James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (April 1823)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Cullum, Sir Thomas Gery
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
[John] Denson [(fl 1820s-1870s, curator of Bury botanic garden] received parcel of seeds sent by Smith. Alarmed by account given of Smith's health, his own legs are inflamed and forming superficial abscesses. Had hoped to invite Smith to visit him in Bury on his way to London. Received letter from [Thomas] Rackett, an executor for David Garrick's widow [Eva Marie Veigel (1724-1822)], offering to show him curiosities from Garrick's estate, and given a catalogue of Garrick's soon to be auctioned library; sketches and transcribes inscription of one of Garrick's book plates and comments on it. Received letter from his son in Rome, details their intended movements around Italy.
Letter date:
[Apr 1823]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
13.143
