William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/17/102
Title William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 6 Feb 1816
Author(s) William Roscoe 1753-1831
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/17/102 from William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (6 February 1816)

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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:

Thanks for Smith's sympathy [on failure of his banking house]; speculates causes including the great employment of capital following the opening of the American trade and immense exports of Liverpool merchants, most of whom kept their accounts with them, although though most direct and immediate cause was from the least expected quarter [unspecified]. Confident that his and his partners' property will cover all debts and leave a disposable income for themselves and consoles himself with the thought of being freed from his many obligations. Was unaware that [Thomas William] Coke, Lord Derby [Edward Smith-Stanley], and others had been applied to. His family bear it well.

Letter date: 6 Feb 1816
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 17.207
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 22 [Feb 1816]
Finding AidsDawson, 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.