Humphry Repton, Aylsham, [Norfolk], to Sir James Edward Smith , Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]

Summary

Congratulates Smith on his knighthood. Suffering from angina pectoris, believes that it is not always fatal and refers to two cases mentioned by Parry in which one patient died in a fall and the other took arsenic by mistake. Asks after his paper on ivy.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN3259

From

Humphry Repton

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

23 Sep 1814

Sent from

Aylsham, Norfolk

Sent to

Norwich, Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/8/93, 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.

• Humphry Repton
• Sir James Edward Smith