Sir James Edward Smith, Shugborough, [Staffordshire], to Pleasance Smith, Lowestoft, Suffolk

Summary

Irregular post. Their future movements, including trips to Liverpool to visit [William] Roscoe and return to Shugborough [home of Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson (1767-1818)] to meet the Duke of Gloucester [Prince William (1776-1834), chancellor of Cambridge University]. Grief [at death of his brother, Francis], hopes to console himself with Fanny [Smith's sister]. Charms of Shugborough and its inhabitants.

[Letter incomplete: final lines of second folio cropped, presumed destroyed]

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN1680

From

Sir James Edward Smith

To

Pleasance Smith

Date

19 Sep 1815

Sent from

Shugborough, Staffordshire

Sent to

Lowestoft, Suffolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/19/99, 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.