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GB-110/JES/COR/19/48 from James Edward Smith, Naples, [Italy], to James Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk], Inghilterra (5 March 1787)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/19/48 from James Edward Smith, Naples, [Italy], to James Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk], Inghilterra (5 March 1787) Close
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His last letter 12 February [1787]. Account of his [and William Younge's] time at Rome, including the Carnival; saw the Pretender every day [Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), Jacobite claimant to British throne], a "heavy, sickly looking man" who "drinks very hard"; lists the sights they have seen in Rome; will leave Rome "with more regret" than he ever left any place. Account of journey from Rome to Naples. Account of presentation to and evening with the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester [Prince William Henry (1743-1805) and Maria Walpole (1736-1807)]. Description of a memorial mass for the Abbé de Bourbon they attended. Opinion of town and people of Naples. Can see Vesuvius from his window.
Forgot to mention that they got into the Pope's chapel on Ash Wednesday; his opinon of the Pope.
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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 James Smith's reply of 29 March 1787, see JES/COR/19/50. |
| Additional | James Smith replied 29 Mar [1787] |
