Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bury [St Edmunds, Suffolk], to Sir James Edward Smith, Henbury Hill, near Bristol

Summary

Lady Cullum's fever now in her eyes and ears. Visited [Edward] Rudge's new house in Evesham, [Worcestershire]. His son back in England but daughter-in-law is to winter in Paris as she is too ill to travel. Met at Kimbolton, [Cambridgeshire], the late Professor [Thomas] Martyn's son, [John King Martyn], who preaches there every Sunday to a sect of Moravians and is soon to marry one of them as his fourth wife, and recounts connection between the Martyns and the Mudges who succeeded as rectors of Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire].

Reports that many members of Cambridge are dissatisfied by the election of [John Stevens] Henslow [(1796-1861)] to the Botanical Professorship. Invites Smith to Bury.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN903

From

Sir Thomas Gery Cullum

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

22 Sep 1825

Sent from

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Sent to

Bristol

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/13/94, 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