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

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/13/102
Title Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bury [St Edmunds, Suffolk], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date 1 Oct 1826
Author(s) Sir Thomas Gery, 7th baronet Cullum 1741-1831
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/13/102 from Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bury [St Edmunds, Suffolk], to Sir James Edward Smith (1 October 1826)

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Item Type: Document
From: Cullum, Sir Thomas Gery
Sent from: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Sends Smith copy of newspaper [not extant] reporting the incident involving "an unworthy member" of the Linnean Society [Richard Salisbury]. His son and family leaving for London and then Paris for winter for Mrs Cullum's health, against his recommendation of Bath, [Somerset]. Lady Cullum still suffering from an intermittent fever. Visited by Revd Dr Thomas Frognall Dibdin [(1776-1847)], author of "Bibliomania", "Decameron", and others, he is now working on a life of Thomas à Kempis [(c 1380-1471)]. Glad to hear of Mr Freeman, a young botanist, but laments to hear of so many persons being shot by "spring guns" placed in woods a botanist should not enter. Received specimen of 'Centaurea solstitialis' from Dr [William] Webb growing near St Edmund's Hill, Bury.

Letter date: 1 Oct 1826
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 13.181
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AdditionalSmith replied 16 [Oct 1826]