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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/17/105
Title
William Roscoe to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] [incomplete]
Letter date
[5 Nov 1816]
Author(s)
William Roscoe 1753-1831
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/17/105 from William Roscoe to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] [incomplete] (5 November 1816)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/17/105 from William Roscoe to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] [incomplete] (5 November 1816) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Roscoe, William
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Pleased [Thomas William] Coke is satisfied with the books he bought at sale of his collections, including particularly fine manuscript of the Bible, and the pitcures he bought are the "cream" of the collection; Hargreaves has made a miniature copy of the "Head of Christ" by Leonardo da Vinci. Keen to meet Smith at Holkham, [Norfolk, home of Coke]. Congratulates Mr and Mrs Reeve. His daughter, Jane, recovering but still source of anxiety.
[Letter incomplete: first folio cropped, presumed destroyed]
Letter date:
[5 Nov 1816]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
17.213
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 23 [Nov 1816] |
| 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. |
