From:
Andrew Fountaine
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
14 Feb 1817
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/16/111, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Induced to part with the papers of [Sir Edward] Coke [(1552-1634), lawyer, legal writer, and politician, ancestor of Thomas William Coke] by the propriety of Coke's wish to possess the papers of the "great founder of the splendor of his family". Satisfied with the value Smith set on them.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London