Sir Abraham Hume, Wormleybury, [Wormley, Hertfordshire], to James Edward Smith

Summary

Grateful for Smith's condolences on death of his daughter Sophia [Lady Brownlow (1788-1814), wife of John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow], a "victim of [...] this cruel winter". Believes the people at Cambridge are "most obstinatley blind to their own interests" [Smith's unsuccessful campaign to become Professor of Botany], comments that the Botanical Garden there last summer was in a "most forlorn uncomfortable state". Wishes Smith knew Mr Eustace, a writer who has been staying at Wormleybury. Sophia's death has "badly checked" the pleasure he gained from his plants and garden, which after the death of his wife Amelia were cultivated solely for Sophia.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2910

From

Sir Abraham Hume

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

6 Apr 1814

Sent from

Wormley, Hertfordshire

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/5/96, 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 Abraham Hume
• Sir James Edward Smith