From:
Humphry Repton
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
6 Oct 1816
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/8/97, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Smith's permission to reprint his "Linnean Transactions" paper on ivy in "Fragments of Landscape Gardening" came too late. His daughters have two silhouette drawings to send to Smith. Told by Dr Bailey that his angina pectoris is only an acute pain in his chest.
[Note in Smith's hand] death of Repton.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London