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GB-110/JES/COR/15/136
Title
Joseph Lee, Hillingdon House, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
30 Dec 1804
Author(s)
Joseph Lee 1804-1805
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/136 from Joseph Lee, Hillingdon House, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (30 December 1804)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/15/136 from Joseph Lee, Hillingdon House, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (30 December 1804) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Lee, Joseph
Sent from:
Hillingdon, Middlesex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Reports death, on 19 December, of Lady Rockingham [Mary Watson-Wentworth], ten days before Smith's box of biscuits and apples arrived. Mrs [Elizabeth] Weddell [Watson-Wentworth's step-sister] the sole executrix. Lady Rockingham was being treated by Dr Fraser and there were hopes she would recover, and she was not confined to bed any more than usual, but she died with water on the chest at about 5 o'clock in the morning.
Letter date:
30 Dec 1804
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.261
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. |
| Related Material | For Smith's reply of 3 January 1805, see JES/COR/15/137. |
