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Add. MS a/40/63-67
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Letters from R. Smith Carington to William Aldis Wright
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- 13 Mar 1888-30 Oct 1888 (Creation)
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5 letters: 5 folded sheets plus 1 sheet.
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St. Cloud, nr Worcester. - Has been advised by his friend Dr Howard [Joseph Jackson Howard], Maltravers Herald, to ask Wright for further information regarding Dr Robert Smith. Letters convey information discovered by Smith Carington on Robert Smith and his father John.
Also discussed are Thomas Smith of Holt; 'Clement Smith, alias Nevill, a younger brother of this Thomas' [Senior Bursar of Trinity?]; Dr Thomas Smith, Vice-Master of Trinity; 'Barnabas Smith, Rector of Witham, who married Sir Isaac Newton's Mother'; Elzimar Smith, and Canon Sebastian Smith.
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- Carington, Richard Carington Smith (1824-1901), born Richard Carington Smith, nurseryman and seed merchant (Subject)
- Howard, Joseph Jackson (1827-1902), genealogist, Maltravers Herald Extraordinary (Subject)
- Smith, Robert (1689-1768) mathematician (Subject)
- Smith, John (d 1710), clergyman, father of Dr Robert Smith (Subject)
- Smith, Thomas (1658-1714), clergyman, vice-master of Trinity College, Cambridge (Subject)
- Nevill, Clement (d 1683) Senior Bursar of Trinity College, Cambridge (Subject)
- Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727), knight, natural philosopher and mathematician (Subject)
- Smith, Elzimar (1683-1758), sister of Dr Robert Smith (Subject)
- Smith, Sebastian (c 1607-1674), clergyman, canon of Christ Church, Oxford (Subject)