Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, James
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
His plans for visiting Norwich; will attend marriage of Miss Haworth in Enfield first. Account of his time at Frogmore [organising the Queen's herbarium]: saw the Queen [Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818)] only briefly as they were "taken up with the camp & the Duchess of York"; he has been invited again in October; his opinion of Windsor Castle and the court; did not visit the camp on account of the "hurry & heat" and a difficulty he lay under with the Queen's housekeeper.
Lady Rockingham has acquired the works of the late Bishop of St Asaph, Dr [Jonathan] Shipley [(1714-1788)], with which he is much delighted. Commends the subscription to assist Poland, "even 2 of Mr [Edmund] Burke's [(1730-1797), politician] toad-eaters here applaud it".
Letter date:
5 Aug 1792
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
111
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Additional | James Smith replied 7 [Aug 1792] |
| Finding Aids | C M Hutt, List of additional correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, Linnean Society. |
