James Edward Smith, Kirkby Lonsdale, [Westmorland], to Frances Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/19/17
Title James Edward Smith, Kirkby Lonsdale, [Westmorland], to Frances Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 16 Jul 1782
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/19/17 from James Edward Smith, Kirkby Lonsdale, [Westmorland], to Frances Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk] (16 July 1782)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from: Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland
To: Smith, Frances
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Hopes his father and brother had a good journey home from Sheffield, [Yorkshire]; their parting was more comfortable than their last. His journey from Halifax, [Yorkshire], to here [home of Robert Batty]. Anxious to get back to Edinburgh. Delights of the countryside here. Yesterday and today they have been dissecting a dog and making anatomical preparations. Norwich news. Batty going to London for a few months and may visit Norwich; recommends him and his flute playing to parents, and for them to show his [Smith's] drawings.

Letter date: 16 Jul 1782
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 19.43
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
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.