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GB-110/JES/COR/8/34
Title
Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
20 Oct 1798
Author(s)
Thomas Pennant 1726-1798
Number of Pages
8
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/34 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 October 1798)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/34 from Thomas Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (20 October 1798) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Pennant, Thomas
Sent from:
Downing, Flintshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks Smith and [John] Harvey, [of Norwich, presumably for information on shawl industry]. Received news from the Lieutenant of [HMS] Canada of the victory at Lough Swilly, [Ireland, British defeat of a French fleet carrying members of the United Irishmen, plus troops, to assist in 1798 Irish rebellion against British rule]. Taking treatment of broom infused in gin for his anascara, description of its effect. Encloses extract from his intended "Hindoostan" supplement [to volumes one and two of "Outlines of the Globe"], "Of the shawl wool" [folio number 8.59].
Letter date:
20 Oct 1798
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.56
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Pennant's other letters on shawls and wool see JES/COR/8/33; JES/COR/8/35. Smith "Varia-General 3. Notes on the Norwich Shawl Industry, commenced 1784" 40.14. |
