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GB-110/JES/COR/22/45
Title
Thomas Furly Forster, 5 Houses, Clapton, [Middlesex], to Sir James Edward Smith, Surry Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
4 Nov 1822
Author(s)
Thomas Furly Forster 1761-1825
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/22/45 from Thomas Furly Forster, 5 Houses, Clapton, [Middlesex], to Sir James Edward Smith, Surry Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (4 November 1822)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/22/45 from Thomas Furly Forster, 5 Houses, Clapton, [Middlesex], to Sir James Edward Smith, Surry Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (4 November 1822) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Forster, Thomas Furly
Sent from:
Clapton, Middlesex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Death of his sister after a "long & very painful illness". Thanks for partridges, sorry to hear Smith is unwell. [Adam] Afzelius publishing a "Life of Linnaeus"; details of the work; wishes to know value of an English translation. Ambassador from Peru and some Spaniards are coming to dine with him today; they are doing "great good" there and have liberated all the children of slaves. Correction of plants names in 'Linum' and 'Limosella aquatica'.
Letter date:
4 Nov 1822
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
22.79
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Afzelius, A, (1823). "Egenhändiga anteckningar af Carl Linnaeus om sig sjelf med anmärkningar och tillägg." Uppsala: Palmblad & C. |
| Additional | Smith replied 17 Dec [1822] |
