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GB-110/JES/COR/15/86
Title
Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
9 Nov 1789
Author(s)
Mary Watson- Wentworth 1735-1804
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/86 from Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith (9 November 1789)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/15/86 from Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith (9 November 1789) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Wentworth, Mary Watson-
Sent from:
Hillingdon, Middlesex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Glad the recipe she sent [mutton suet boiled in milk] has almost cured his cough. Her gardener, Grieg, is almost better; his lungs had a narrow escape. She has had a stomach complaint but did not seek medical attention, it being rare to meet with physicians with Smith's "sentiments of the imperfection of human knowledge".
Invites Smith and [Joseph von] Jacquin to visit next week; warns Jacquin not to expect her present collection of plants to be the "celebrated" one he heard of as there have been so many new plants since then that she does not think he will see anything new to him.
Letter date:
9 Nov 1789
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.159
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
