Sir James Edward Smith, 13 Chapel Place, [London], to Pleasance Smith, Mrs E Clarke's, Saxmundham, [Suffolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/19/132
Title Sir James Edward Smith, 13 Chapel Place, [London], to Pleasance Smith, Mrs E Clarke's, Saxmundham, [Suffolk]
Letter date 11 Jun 1825
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/19/132 from Sir James Edward Smith, 13 Chapel Place, [London], to Pleasance Smith, Mrs E Clarke's, Saxmundham, [Suffolk] (11 June 1825)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from: London
To: Smith, Pleasance
Sent to location: Saxmundham, Suffolk
Summary:

His travel arrangements for Bristol. Account of remainder of his time in London, including visits to Paddington to see [Thomas William] Coke and family; a ball at Mrs Bennett's, sister of [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert, where he met Sir Stamford Raffles [(1781-1826), founder of Singapore], they are now "sworn friends"; attended the King's [George IV (1762-1830)] drawing room; visited Lady Hervey and Miss Caton, Mrs Patterson unwell. Dr [Martin] Davy extravagantly applauded "English Flora".
A meeting with [Thomas] Platt [(d 1842), one of John Sibthorp's executors, supervised the publication of "Flora Graeca"], who is annoyed at the British Museum having claimed a copy of "Flora Graeca" and sued the bookseller according to the act which requires copies to be deposited with public bodies. All say he looks "remarkably well", though thinner; his night perspiration has returned. Lambert insists that they stay at Boyton, [Wiltshire], on return from Bristol as he can get them a sight of Fonthill [Abbey, Wiltshire, built by William Beckford (1760-1844), novelist]. Lady de Clifford [Sophia Southwell] said to be "breaking fast".

Letter date: 11 Jun 1825
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 19.275
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Related MaterialSmith, J E, Hooker, W J, and Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman.
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.