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From:
William Roscoe
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
[5 Nov 1816]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/17/105, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Pleased [Thomas William] Coke is satisfied with the books he bought at sale of his collections, including particularly fine manuscript of the Bible, and the pitcures he bought are the "cream" of the collection; Hargreaves has made a miniature copy of the "Head of Christ" by Leonardo da Vinci. Keen to meet Smith at Holkham, [Norfolk, home of Coke]. Congratulates Mr and Mrs Reeve. His daughter, Jane, recovering but still source of anxiety.

[Letter incomplete: first folio cropped, presumed destroyed]

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The Linnean Society of London