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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/15/42
Title
Sir Thomas Frankland, Thirkleby, York, to James Edward Smith
Letter date
3 Jul 1811
Author(s)
Sir Thomas, 6th baronet Frankland 1750-1831
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/42 from Sir Thomas Frankland, Thirkleby, York, to James Edward Smith (3 July 1811)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Frankland, Sir Thomas
Sent from:
Thirkleby, Yorkshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Visited his childhood home in Berkshire whilst staying with Mr C Dundas. Raw weather [at Thirkleby] but crops are forward and hay making is already underway and a good crop of backward grapes under glass, though there are no apples and hardly any pears, peaches, or nectarines compared to usual. Discusses strawberries: plans to raise them from seed; wrote to Dundas for some "fine hautboys" which he plans to alternate with pines, "as recommended by the French", though he has failed in the past with hautboys. His fruit trees showing symptoms of age not only for themselves "but my Scotch gardener".
Letter date:
3 Jul 1811
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.73
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
