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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/15/137
Title
James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Joseph Lee, Hillingdon House, [Middlesex]
Letter date
3 Jan 1805
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/137 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Joseph Lee, Hillingdon House, [Middlesex] (3 January 1805)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/15/137 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Joseph Lee, Hillingdon House, [Middlesex] (3 January 1805) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Lee, Joseph
Sent to location:
Hillingdon, Middlesex
Summary:
Grief at death of Lady Rockingham [Mary Watson-Wentworth]. Mrs [Pleasance] Smith regrets that she never knew her personally. They saw the death notice in the Norwich paper the evening after sending box of apples and biscuits. Preparing a general account of Lady Rockingham for the "Monthly Magazine" and asks her age, presumes she will be buried in York Minster.
Letter date:
3 Jan 1805
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.263
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 Joseph Lee's letter of 30 December 1804, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/15/136. |
