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GB-110/JES/COR/17/86
Title
William Roscoe, Allerton [Hall, near Liverpool, Lancashire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
20 Jul 1813
Author(s)
William Roscoe 1753-1831
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/17/86 from William Roscoe, Allerton [Hall, near Liverpool, Lancashire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 July 1813)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/17/86 from William Roscoe, Allerton [Hall, near Liverpool, Lancashire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 July 1813) 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:
Wishes Smith success in his Cambridge candidature [to become professor of botany]; has written to [William] Smyth [(1765-1849)], the history professor, in support of Smith. Remains lame but his sciatica pain reduced. Praises Smith's "New Doctors" song and epigram on Holkham. Fears they will not meet this year. Spending a few days at his Moss farm; recently sold 1000 acres to Willis Earle, and his son, James, has undertaken a large lot; farming now become his chief business, pictures and other works of art his amusement, and abhors politics and seldom reads books.
Letter date:
20 Jul 1813
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
17.173
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 2 Aug [1813] |
| Related Material | For Smith's "New Doctors" song and Holkham epigram see his letter of 21 March 1813, JES/COR/17/85. For Smith's reply of 2 August 1813, see JES/COR/17/87. |
| 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. |
