William Fitt Drake, Caius College, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to Pleasance Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]

Summary

Thanks Pleasance Smith for the "angels of pleasure" she sent, being what [Richard] Pulteney used to call letters "from those he esteemed". His experiences with poetry. Praises [James Edward] Smith's "Preface" [to "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany"].

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2755

From

William Fitt Drake

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

7 Dec 1807

Sent from

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Sent to

Norwich, Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/4/69, 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.

• Sir James Edward Smith
• William Fitt Drake