Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/21/67 |
Title | Elizabeth Cobbold, Holywells, [near Ipswich, Suffolk], to Sir James Edward Smith |
Description | Thanks 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. |
Date | 24 Jan [1824] |
Level | Item |
Extent | 3 pp |
Language | English |
Related Material | Smith, J E, Hooker, W J, and Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman. |
PrevRefNo | 21.114 |
Finding_Aids | Dawson, 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 Name | Cobbold, Elizabeth (1767-1824) |
Access_Status | Open |