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GB-110/JES/COR/8/31
Title
Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
14 Jun [1798]
Author(s)
Thomas Pennant 1726-1798
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/31 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith (14 June 1798)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/31 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith (14 June 1798) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Pennant, Thomas
Sent from:
Downing, Flintshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Glad that Smith has received "Hindoostan" [volumes one and two of "Outlines of the Globe"]. Complains of unfair treatment from the Linnean Society in their censuring him for profiting from his publications. Defends himself: states that he has never made a profit on his books, and has always kept back twenty copies of each run to gift; explains his finances; requests Smith to accept his voluntary resignation from the Society. His son David commanding corps of 100 men from the two parishes of their estate.
Letter date:
14 Jun [1798]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.51
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 11 Oct [1798] |
| Related Material | Pennant, T, (1798-1800). "Outlines of the Globe. Vol. 1, 2. The View of Hindoostan. Vol. 3. The View of India extra Gangem, China, Japan. Vol. 4. The View of the Malayan Isles, New Holland and the Spicy Islands. [Vol. 3, 4 edited by D. Pennant.]", London; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available in British Library. |
