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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/19/37
Title
James Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith, a la Croix de fer, Rue St Denis, Paris, [France]
Letter date
[21] Sep 1786
Author(s)
James Smith 1727-1795
Number of Pages
8
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GB-110/JES/COR/19/37 from James Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith, a la Croix de fer, Rue St Denis, Paris, [France] (21 September 1786)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/19/37 from James Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith, a la Croix de fer, Rue St Denis, Paris, [France] (21 September 1786) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, James
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Paris, France
Summary:
Received Smith's letters of 21 August and 13 September 1786. Hopes for personal and professional knowledge Smith will take from his tour; confident Smith will not waste his time, health, or money. His principle Italian correspondents for Smith to call upon. Cousin Thomas Wordsworth died recently. Dr Cooper struggling to find success. Pleasure of Smith's poetry. Detailed news of the Norwich election, including a riot. A fungus grew under the lilac tree, which under [John] Pitchford's advice they have buried in dry earth until Smith's return. News of the Lord Chancellor; in very bad health.
Letter date:
[21] Sep 1786
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.97
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 27 Oct [1786] |
| 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. |
| Related Material | For Smith's letters of 21 August 1786 and 13 September 1786, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/19/35 and JES/COR/19/36, respectively. |
