Frances Stafford-Jerningham to Pleasance Smith

Summary

Sorry to have missed opportunity of meeting [William] Roscoe. Her admiration for Roscoe: considers him "the friend to human welfare, as well as the philosopher, the accomplished scholar, and the Poet", and praises his efforts in abolishing the slave trade.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN1318

From

Frances Henrietta Stafford- Jerningham

To

Pleasance Smith

Date

1 Dec 1814

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/17/154, The Linnean Society of London

Language

English

Contributor

The Linnean Society of London[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.