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GB-110/JES/COR/8/35
Title
Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
27 Oct [1798]
Author(s)
Thomas Pennant 1726-1798
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/35 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith (27 October 1798)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/35 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith (27 October 1798) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Pennant, Thomas
Sent from:
Downing, Flintshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
A discharge from his leg has relieved his discomfort [from anascara]. Comments and questions on wool-bearing animals with references to his "History of quadrupeds" and "Arctic zoology", including: musk-ox; argali; broad tailed sheep; bearded sheep; caramanick sheep; Angora goat; shawl goat of Tibet, heard that Lord Egremont sells them [George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837)]; camel; llama; and vicunna [vicugna].
Letter date:
27 Oct [1798]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.58
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Pennant's other letters on shawls and wool see JES/COR/8/33-34. Pennant, T, (1793). "History of quadrupeds. The third edition." London: White. Pennant, T, (1784-1785). "Arctic zoology" London : Printed by Henry Hughes; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available in British Library. |
