Ref NoGB-110/JES/COR/21/67
TitleElizabeth Cobbold, Holywells, [near Ipswich, Suffolk], to Sir James Edward Smith
DescriptionThanks the "highly useful book", which will renew her knowledge of English botany [probably "English Flora"]; she will endeavour to give her protege, Miss Lawton, a taste for botany. Her aspiration after fame grows stronger in "the evening" of her life; determined to "attain celebrity" as a writer.
Date24 Jan [1824]
LevelItem
Extent3 pp
LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialSmith, J E, Hooker, W J, and Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman.
PrevRefNo21.114
Finding_AidsDawson, W R (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society.
Creator NameCobbold, Elizabeth (1767-1824)
Access_StatusOpen
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
GB/110/1/385Cobbold; Elizabeth (1767-1824); poet and artist in cut paper1767-1824
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