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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/19/61
Title
James Edward Smith, Turin, [Italy], to James Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk], Angleterre
Letter date
3 Aug 1787
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/19/61 from James Edward Smith, Turin, [Italy], to James Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk], Angleterre (3 August 1787)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/19/61 from James Edward Smith, Turin, [Italy], to James Smith, Market Place, Norwich, [Norfolk], Angleterre (3 August 1787) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Turin, Italy
To:
Smith, James
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Sent 4 [August 1787]. Hot weather has set in, exceeding anything experienced in England, but not intolerable. Received his father's letter of 19 July [1787]; sorry to hear state of things at Chelsea have caused his parents so much trouble [pregnancy of Smith's housekeeper, Molly Standard]; expects to be in London by Michaelmas [29 September]. Concerned for fate of his friend Cooper, and "melancholy state" of [Robert] Batty, whose death would be the "first real misfortune" he ever felt. Glad his father has read [Jean-Jacques] Rousseau's [(1712-1778), philosopher] "Confessions"; their reputation for shock; other book recommendations. Notes on silk business and prices for his father's bales.
Letter date:
3 Aug 1787
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.149
Additional Information:
| 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 6 September 1787, see JES/COR/19/63. |
| Additional | James Smith replied 26 [Aug 1787] |
