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GB-110/JES/COR/18/119
Title
Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
[2 May 1800]
Author(s)
Thomas Jenkinson Woodward 1745-1820
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/18/119 from Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith (2 May 1800)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/18/119 from Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith (2 May 1800) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
Sent from:
Bungay, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Thanks for ["Compendium florae Britannicae"]; praises Smith's writing and "unassuming display of knowledge", which is the opposite of modern authors, who "promise mountains, & very often produce not even molehills". Recently suffered from gout in his left hand. Sending copy of rare [John] Ray work after noticing scarcity of his works in Linnean Society library catalogue [see RelatedMaterial below].
Difficulty of acquiring good specimens of 'Lichen tenuissimus' to send [John] Pitchford after the banks of it were so "thoroughly pillaged" by Dawson Turner and Dr Nöder; observations. Glad Smith liked his pamphlet of letters [subject unclear].
Letter date:
[2 May 1800]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
18.243
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Hoffmann, G F, (1800). "Compendium florae Britannicae." Londinum: [printer:] Davis. Ray, J, (1692). "Miscellaneous discourses concerning the dissolution and changes of the world." London: Samuel Smith. Ray, J, (1693). "Synopsis methodica animalium quadrupedum et serpentini generis ..." Londini: Impensis S. Smith & B. Walford. |
| Publn Note | Extract in Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, p.456. |
