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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/15/31
Title
Sir Thomas Frankland, Bugden, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
23 Mar 1806
Author(s)
Sir Thomas, 6th baronet Frankland 1750-1831
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/31 from Sir Thomas Frankland, Bugden, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith (23 March 1806)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/15/31 from Sir Thomas Frankland, Bugden, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith (23 March 1806) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Frankland, Sir Thomas
Sent from:
Bugden, Yorkshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Lady Frankland's sister, Mrs Courtney, died of a pleuritic cold last Christmas and her husband shortly followed her, dying of a "broken heart" "literally & anatomically". Archdeacon Pierson's herbarium still unsold and his collection of 800 portrait prints, including "semi-caricatures of Dr Cullen, & other Scotch physicians, & men of eminence" will be be sold in London.
Had difficulties securing hotel rooms in London for this spring which shows "how popular this kind of residence is become".
Letter date:
23 Mar 1806
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.51
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 30 [Mar 1806] |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
