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GB-110/JES/COR/16/34
Title
Thomas Johnes, Hafod, [Cardiganshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
31 Mar 1796
Author(s)
Thomas Johnes 1748-1816
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/16/34 from Thomas Johnes, Hafod, [Cardiganshire], to James Edward Smith (31 March 1796)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/16/34 from Thomas Johnes, Hafod, [Cardiganshire], to James Edward Smith (31 March 1796) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Johnes, Thomas
Sent from:
Hafod, Cardiganshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Arrangements for payment for china for Smith. Smith's wife a "fine lady" in contrast to "most ridiculous account" sent him of a near relation of his at the opera, who most resembled a "Lamia or Sphinx". Asks if Smith has seen [Richard Payne] Knight's [(1750-1824), classicist] poem and Cumberland's account of Hafod.
"Curious golden ornaments" recently ploughed up at Dolecathy [near Hafod] and uncertain whether they are Roman or religious ornaments of ancestors. Sent Sir Jospeh Banks a "most exact drawing" of them by Trossavelli, and his daughter [Mariamne Johnes] will send Smith copy by same. Mariamne has "succeeded most surprisingly" in drawing 'Strelitzia' from nature for Smith, she also has one for Dr [James] Anderson.
Letter date:
31 Mar 1796
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
16.51
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 17 Apr [1796] |
| Related Material | For drawing of "Roman ornaments" sent by Mariamne Johnes, see her letter of 12 April 1796, JES/COR/16/10. |
| 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. |
