William Jones, Chelsea, [London], to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/5/109
Title William Jones, Chelsea, [London], to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date 15 Jan 1793
Author(s) William Jones 1745-1818
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/5/109 from William Jones, Chelsea, [London], to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London (15 January 1793)

Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/5/109 from William Jones, Chelsea, [London], to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London (15 January 1793) Close

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Item Type: Document
From: Jones, William
Sent from: Chelsea, London
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Unable to attend Smith's gathering of friends at Marlborough Street due to his ill-health, a "rheumatic sciatic". His paper on 'Papilios' is with Smith, not having seen it since it was approved to be printed.

Letter date: 15 Jan 1793
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 5.208
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
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.
Related MaterialJones, W, 'A new Arrangement of Papilios, in a Letter to the President', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1794 2(1), pp.63-69. Discussion of the above paper in Poulton, E B, Hobby, B M, Hemming, F, and Edelsten, H M, 'English names regularly used for British Lepidoptera up to the end of the eighteenth century, with a biographical account of William Jones of Chelsea', "Transactions of the Society for British Entomology", 1934 1(2), pp.139-184, reprint available from Linnean Society Library.