Sir Thomas Frankland, Thirkleby, York, to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/15/4
Title Sir Thomas Frankland, Thirkleby, York, to James Edward Smith
Letter date 5 Aug 1799
Author(s) Sir Thomas, 6th baronet Frankland 1750-1831
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/15/4 from Sir Thomas Frankland, Thirkleby, York, to James Edward Smith (5 August 1799)

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Item Type: Document
From: Frankland, Sir Thomas
Sent from: Thirkleby, Yorkshire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Gave his 'Confervae' drawings to [Wilson] Lowry [(1762-1824)] to be engraved but unaware of their progress as his London contact and brother-in-law is in Bristol with his ill wife, Frankland's sister, who is being treated with foxglove. Criticises [James] Sowerby's "English Botany" of July, "he is more slovenly in his engraving as he advances". Smith forgot his habitat for 'Carex digitata' of Thorp-arch woods near Wetherby, Yorkshire, gave some to Mr Peirson and Dr White. Knows nothing of [William] Curtis' affairs and whether his works will be continued [Curtis died 7 July 1799], though expects the "[Botanical] Magazine" will be as it is so profitable.
Sir Joseph Banks is marking his sheep with earrings and amused by Frankland's method of calculating cattle breed developed from a genealogy table he created for a litter of pigs, which he copies for Smith on recto of second folio.

Letter date: 5 Aug 1799
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 15.8
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 12 [Aug 1799]
Related MaterialSmith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London.
Finding AidsDawson, 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.