Sir James Edward Smith, Holkham [Hall, Norfolk], to Pleasance Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/19/124
Title Sir James Edward Smith, Holkham [Hall, Norfolk], to Pleasance Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 20 Oct 1822
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/19/124 from Sir James Edward Smith, Holkham [Hall, Norfolk], to Pleasance Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 October 1822)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from: Holkham, Norfolk
To: Smith, Pleasance
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

His journey to Holkham [home of Thomas William Coke]. Lists the guests, including the Duke of Sussex [Prince Augustus Frederick (1773-1843)]. The Fens in high beauty, with trees still in leaf. Transcribes epitaph Edward Richards, "an ideot", in Edgbaston churchyard, [near Birmingham, Warwickshire], in danger of entire destruction.

Letter date: 20 Oct 1822
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 19.261
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.