Thomas Johnes, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/16/39
Title Thomas Johnes, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 5 Jun 1797
Author(s) Thomas Johnes 1748-1816
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/16/39 from Thomas Johnes, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith (5 June 1797)

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Item Type: Document
From: Johnes, Thomas
Sent from: Bath, Somerset
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Sorry to hear Smith unwell; his own cough remains and took a "good dose of tennis this morning", a "pleasanter medicine than James's powder". Sending portfolio of drawings and plans of Hafod to Mr Edwards, including moonlight view of Abersytwyth belonging to Mr Walker of Edinburgh, who persuaded him to make an exchange he regrets for a drawing of Jacob Moore. Sorry to have lost Calonne's collection, now advertised to be sold piecemeal, as he wishes to encourage his daughter's [Mariamne Johnes] love of natural history as much as possible, "for it must tend to good". Discusses qualities and worth of the Hafod drawings but catalogue of the library delayed. Cannot give Smith good account of his daughter's health and is impatient to set out for sea water, "our sheet anchor".

Letter date: 5 Jun 1797
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 16.71
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
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.
AdditionalSmith replied 27 Jul [1797]