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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/19/72
Title
James Edward Smith, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to Pleasance Smith
Letter date
26 Apr 1798
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/19/72 from James Edward Smith, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to Pleasance Smith (26 April 1798)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/19/72 from James Edward Smith, Oxford, [Oxfordshire], to Pleasance Smith (26 April 1798) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Oxford, Oxfordshire
To:
Smith, Pleasance
Summary:
Replies to Pleasance's letter of 15 [April 1798]. Account of his journey to Oxford. Account of visit to Peter Collinson's [(1694-1768)] garden at Mill Hill, [Middlesex], with [Aylmer Bourke] and [Catherine] Lambert. Attended Mrs [Sarah] Siddon's [(1755-1831), actress] benefit with Mrs Lambert, "The Stranger" and "The Devil to Pay" were performed; his opinion. Arrangements for travelling to Hafod, [Cardiganshire, home of Thomas Johnes]. Opinion of others on the Welsh views. Home in June to meet Frederick and Emma [Smith's brother and sister-in-law].
[Letter incomplete: second folio cropped, presumed destroyed]
Letter date:
26 Apr 1798
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.164
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. |
