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GB-110/JES/COR/8/32
Title
Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
6 Sep [1798]
Author(s)
Thomas Pennant 1726-1798
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/32 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith (6 September 1798)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/32 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith (6 September 1798) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Pennant, Thomas
Sent from:
Downing, Flintshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Thanks for Smith's "Tracts of Natural History", especially pleased with the account of [Conrad] Gesner [(1516-1565) Swiss naturalist]; discusses Gerard's death. Taking foxglove ['Digitalis'] for his anascara. Was introduced to Mrs Kindersley [a relation of Smith's] the last time he was at Bath, [Somersert]. Asks if Smith knows anyone who can give an account of the colours used in "Hindostan paintings", specifically if any are chemical.
Letter date:
6 Sep [1798]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.53
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 11 Oct [1798] |
| UNSPECIFIED | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, pp.448-489. |
| UNSPECIFIED | Smith, J E, (1798). "Tracts relating to natural history ..." London: [privately.]. |
