From:
Sir Thomas Frankland
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
23 Mar 1806
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/15/31, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Lady Frankland's sister, Mrs Courtney, died of a pleuritic cold last Christmas and her husband shortly followed her, dying of a "broken heart" "literally & anatomically". Archdeacon Pierson's herbarium still unsold and his collection of 800 portrait prints, including "semi-caricatures of Dr Cullen, & other Scotch physicians, & men of eminence" will be be sold in London.
Had difficulties securing hotel rooms in London for this spring which shows "how popular this kind of residence is become".
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London