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GB-110/JES/COR/15/120
Title
Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith
Letter date
26 Mar 1794
Author(s)
Mary Watson- Wentworth 1735-1804
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/120 from Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith (26 March 1794)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Wentworth, Mary Watson-
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Confirms that her health has been bad since Smith's last visit but implores him and his three friends to still visit. Grieg, her gardener, has been confined for five weeks after injuring his leg climbing over a gate but has escaped fever and mortification. Her botanical zeal low recently. Prefers eating 'Convolvulus batatas' [sweet potato] to potatoes.
Letter date:
26 Mar 1794
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.228
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. |
