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GB-110/JES/AM/71
Title
James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Alexander Macleay, Transport Office, London
Letter date
5 May 1812
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/AM/71 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Alexander Macleay, Transport Office, London (5 May 1812)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/AM/71 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Alexander Macleay, Transport Office, London (5 May 1812) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Macleay, Alexander
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Safely returned home, his departure necessitated by his being "feverish weak" and unable to attend to anything; treating himself with James's powder but "felt so sudden a relief even at Mile End, [...] as if some great mental as well as bodily evil were suddenly taken off". Urges Macleay to change his situation as recommended, as though many have "a frame of adamant, a soul of fire" [Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), writer] and can bear the airs of London, "many sink under them"; recounts how he himself "struggled for 7 years in [Great] Marlbro' Street".
Letter date:
5 May 1812
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
Sm/M'L 72
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Finding Aids | Correspondence-Smith/McLeay handlist, Linnean Society. |
