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GB-110/JES/COR/17/83
Title
William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
19 Dec 1812
Author(s)
William Roscoe 1753-1831
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/17/83 from William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (19 December 1812)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/17/83 from William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (19 December 1812) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Roscoe, William
Sent from:
Liverpool, Lancashire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
His knee injury worse and confinement with rheumatism or lumbago across the "loins" prevents him from paying Smith and [Thomas William] Coke a Christmas visit. Has written and printed a review [see RelatedMaterial below] of [George] Canning's [(1770-1827), politician] Liverpool election speeches in response to his continual "attacks and sneers against all peaceable people". Repairs to his library and new additions, including a frieze in distemper by Michaelangelo under a picture of his master, Ghirlandaio.
Letter date:
19 Dec 1812
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
17.167
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 | Roscoe, W, (1812). "A Review of the Speeches of the Right Hon. G. Canning, on the late election for Liverpool, as far as they relate to the questions of peace and of reform." Liverpool; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Additional | Smith replied 30 [Dec 1812] |
