From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Pleasance Smith
Date:
16 Sep 1815
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/19/98, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
He has written to his mother and sister-in-law Francis [following death of Smith's brother, Francis]; anxious to hear news from Norwich. Describes the party and scenes at Shugborough [home of Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson (1767-1818)]; George Blackwell is his constant companion. His grief. Intends to go to Liverpool to see [William] Roscoe and Fanny [Smith's sister].
[Letter incomplete: lower half of second folio cropped, presumed destroyed]
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London