From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Pleasance Smith
Date:
20 Oct 1822
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/19/124, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
His journey to Holkham [home of Thomas William Coke]. Lists the guests, including the Duke of Sussex [Prince Augustus Frederick (1773-1843)]. The Fens in high beauty, with trees still in leaf. Transcribes epitaph Edward Richards, "an ideot", in Edgbaston churchyard, [near Birmingham, Warwickshire], in danger of entire destruction.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London