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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/19/50
Title
James Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith, chez Monsieur Oriani, Astronome Royal, Milan, Italie
Letter date
29 Mar 1787
Author(s)
James Smith 1727-1795
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/19/50 from James Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith, chez Monsieur Oriani, Astronome Royal, Milan, Italie (29 March 1787)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/19/50 from James Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith, chez Monsieur Oriani, Astronome Royal, Milan, Italie (29 March 1787) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, James
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Milan, Italy
Summary:
Received Smith's letters of 12 February and 5 March 1787. They enjoy Smith's letters but always worry for his health and safety. Account of his trip to London: visited Smith's Chelsea appartment and found all as it should be, paid Molly; Mrs Howorth showed him a letter from Smith; [Robert] Batty has vomited blood, his wife an "agreeable companion"; breakfasted with Sir Joseph Banks. Norwich news. Told that the road from Milan to Turin is in danger of "banditti"; urges caution. Smith's brother, Francis, is pursuing astronomy.
Letter date:
29 Mar 1787
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.127
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 8 Jun [1787] |
| Related Material | For Smith's letter of 5 March 1787, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/19/48. For Smith's reply of 8 June 1787, see JES/COR/19/56. |
| 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. |
