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GB-110/JES/COR/19/76
Title
James Edward Smith, 6 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, [London], to Pleasance Smith
Letter date
29 Apr 1805
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/19/76 from James Edward Smith, 6 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, [London], to Pleasance Smith (29 April 1805)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/19/76 from James Edward Smith, 6 Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, [London], to Pleasance Smith (29 April 1805) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Pleasance
Summary:
During his journey to London a horse fell under the carriage and they were forced to walk to Newmarket, [Cambridgeshire], rest of journey uneventful but became unwell on reaching London. Called on Sir Thomas Frankland, Mrs [Amelia] Opie [(1769-1853), author], and Sir Joseph Banks', where he saw [Richard] Salisbury, Mr Westall, [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert, the Pattersons, and [Sir Abraham and Amelia] Hume. Cold weather more suited to him in London than warm. Account of visit to Somerset House [home of the Royal Society], with Prince of Wales [George IV (1762-1830)] in attendance.
[Letter incomplete: part of first folio cropped, and fragment of second folio appended to recto of first]
Letter date:
29 Apr 1805
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.171
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. |
