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GB-110/JES/COR/19/85
Title
James Edward Smith, Hall Place, [Berkshire] to Pleasance Smith
Letter date
10 Jun 1810
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/19/85
from James Edward Smith, Hall Place, [Berkshire] to Pleasance Smith
(10 June 1810)
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GB-110/JES/COR/19/85
from James Edward Smith, Hall Place, [Berkshire] to Pleasance Smith
(10 June 1810)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Berkshire
To:
Smith, Pleasance
Summary:
His journey from Oxford to Hall Place. His time in London, including seeing [Thomas] Forster, Mr and Mrs Lee, Mrs Barbauld, the Aikins, including Lucy Aikin [(1781-1864), historical writer], whose poem on women is "very admirable"; Mr Thomson of Russell Square, now a master in Chancery; attended a party at Mrs Weddell's with the C Scotts, meeting Mrs [Amelia] Opie [(1769-1853), author], the Rudges, Wilbrahams, Mr and Mrs Frere, and Sir H Englefield. Proposed to the Dilettanti club by Lord Borringdon; intends to join. Oppressive weather in London. Lord Erskine has called on him twice to consult about willows, recommended by William Smith. His "Hafod Tour"; payment and gifting of copies. Intends to dedicate his "Lapland Tour" to Thomas Forster of Clapton, [Essex].
[Letter incomplete: second folio cropped, presumed destroyed]
Letter date:
10 Jun 1810
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
19.189
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. |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1810). "A tour to Hafod, in Cardiganshire ..." London: White.
Linnaeus, C, Smith, J E, and Troilius, C (tr.), (1811). "Lachesis Lapponica, or a Tour in Lapland", London: White & Cochrane. |
