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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/19/11
Title
James Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
[28] Mar 1782
Author(s)
James Smith 1727-1795
Number of Pages
6
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GB-110/JES/COR/19/11 from James Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith (28 March 1782)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/19/11 from James Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith (28 March 1782) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, James
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Delighted at Smith's speaking at Medical Society; encouragement. Dr Martineau thinks it better Smith does not attend apothecary's shop where he intends to settle down and to go to London before taking his degree. Encourages Smith's mixing with genteel society to give him a "polish". His friends all impressed with Smith's letters. His current trade accounts. Hopes change in government and ending of wars with America and Europe will improve conditions. Fears for sugar trade. Norwich news and winter weather. Discusses change of Ministers. Progress of Smith's brother, Richard. Skillful business conduct of Smith's brother. The family's evening conduct. Defends his use of the "out of fashion term", "loving".
Letter date:
[28] Mar 1782
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.26
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Smith's letter of 11 March 1782, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/19/10. For Smith's reply of 15 April 1782, see JES/COR/19/12. |
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 15 Apr [1782] |
