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GB-110/JES/COR/19/77
Title
James Edward Smith, London, to Pleasance Smith, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Letter date
29 May 1805
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/19/77 from James Edward Smith, London, to Pleasance Smith, Lowestoft, Suffolk (29 May 1805)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/19/77 from James Edward Smith, London, to Pleasance Smith, Lowestoft, Suffolk (29 May 1805) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Pleasance
Sent to location:
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Summary:
He has consulted Dr Pictairn about his condition, who says they are the usual consequence of erysipelas. His meetings and entertainments in London: he, William, and the Kindersleys [Smith's cousins] dined at Mrs Munro's, wife of his old Edinburgh friend, at Blackheath, [Kent]; time in Greenwich; went to Lee's; a concert at William Smith's; chatted with Lord [Charles] Stanhope [3rd Earl Stanhope (1753-1816) about politics; William Smith took him to meet [Charles James] Fox [(1749-1806), politician], now has an open invitation to St Anne's Hill, [Surrey, Fox's home]. Has made "bold push" for £100 for his Royal Institution lectures next year. Rudeness of Mrs Marsham. Sixty diners at Linnean Society anniversary meeting.
Letter date:
29 May 1805
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.172
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| 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. |
