Elizabeth Cobbold, Holywells, [near Ipswich, Suffolk], to Sir James Edward Smith

Summary

Thanks the "highly useful book", which will renew her knowledge of English botany [probably "English Flora"]; she will endeavour to give her protege, Miss Lawton, a taste for botany. Her aspiration after fame grows stronger in "the evening" of her life; determined to "attain celebrity" as a writer.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2031

From

Elizabeth Cobbold

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

24 Jan [1824]

Sent from

Ipswich, Suffolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/21/67, 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.

• Elizabeth Cobbold
• Sir James Edward Smith