James Edward Smith, Westhorp House, near Marlow, [Buckinghamshire], to Pleasance Smith, Lowestoft, [Suffolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/19/91
Title James Edward Smith, Westhorp House, near Marlow, [Buckinghamshire], to Pleasance Smith, Lowestoft, [Suffolk]
Letter date 8 Jun 1811
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 6

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GB-110/JES/COR/19/91 from James Edward Smith, Westhorp House, near Marlow, [Buckinghamshire], to Pleasance Smith, Lowestoft, [Suffolk] (8 June 1811)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from: Marlow, Buckinghamshire
To: Smith, Pleasance
Sent to location: Lowestoft, Suffolk
Summary:

Pleased at account of her mother's recovery. Has not seen his cousin [Richard] Westall's [(1765-1836), painter] illustrations of [Walter] Scott's [(1771-1832), author] works yet. [Richard] Salisbury has been "thrusting himself forward" to talk with himself and [William Jackson] Hooker at Sir Joseph Banks'; Banks gave Salisbury a "rough rub" about changing plant names.
Received £66 16s for his lectures and expenses. Account of his journey to Westhorp [Kindersley home, Smith's cousins] and description of the setting and house; Sir George Nugent [(1757-1849), army officer] visited yesterday. Their future plans, including visits to Hall Place [home of Sir William and Lady East]. Accounts she has of the King [George III (1738-1820)] exaggerated, at least to his dying. Dinners at William Smith's with Hooker; Bishop of Winchester's [Brownlow North]; [Alexander] Macleay's, with food and drink listed; [William George] Maton's; account of visit to Formosa, an island in the Thames owned by Mr Young.

Letter date: 8 Jun 1811
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 19.199
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsDawson, 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.