Mary Jane Forster and Edward Forster, Hale End, [Middlesex], to Pleasance Smith and Sir James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]

Summary

[First two and a half folios by Mary Jane Forster to Pleasance Smith]: Thanks for turkey. Glad that Smith is well enough to tend to botanical pursuits. Mildness of the weather. Family news.

[Remaining folio and a half by Edward Forster to Sir James Edward Smith]: his pleasure at introducing a banking correspondent, John Eddowes Bowman, into a botanical one; proposed him as FLS.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2103

From

Edward Forster

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

26 Dec 1827

Sent from

Hale End, Middlesex

Sent to

Norwich, Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/22/29, 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.

• Edward Forster
• Sir James Edward Smith