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GB-110/JES/COR/16/49
Title
Thomas Johnes, Hafod, [Cardiganshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
[25 Aug 1798]
Author(s)
Thomas Johnes 1748-1816
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/16/49 from Thomas Johnes, Hafod, [Cardiganshire], to James Edward Smith (25 August 1798)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/16/49 from Thomas Johnes, Hafod, [Cardiganshire], to James Edward Smith (25 August 1798) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Johnes, Thomas
Sent from:
Hafod, Cardiganshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Recent visitors: Smith's friend Mr Gurney and family came here for breakfast yesterday; "he travels like a Patriarch with all his children". Mr More leaving today after only making two sketches; his inability to ride or walk prevented him from seeing all "our beauties". Missed seeing [John Peter] Laporte [(1761-1839), a "very fine drawer", who was in the grounds. [Richard] Warner [(1763-1857), antiquary] visited for a day; "he publishes as rapidly as he walks". His daughter [Mariamne Johnes] continues "much the same".
Letter date:
[25 Aug 1798]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
16.91
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. |
