Sir James Edward Smith, Old Hummums, [Covent Garden], London, to Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Summary

Suffering from a violent cold caused by severe weather and "pestilential town air". Plans to visit Cullum in Bury after visiting [Humphry] Repton in Harestreet, [Essex]. Does not think a Linnean Society list was printed before 1789. Edward Forster to be proposed as new Society Secretary and Lord [Edward Smith-]Stanley as Vice-President. Sir Joseph Banks ill in bed with a slight erysipelas on his toe and [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert "well & cheerful, but nervous".

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN848

From

Sir James Edward Smith

To

Sir Thomas Gery Cullum

Date

15 Apr 1816

Sent from

London

Sent to

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/13/44, 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
• Sir Thomas Gery Cullum