Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Johnes, Thomas
Sent from:
Hafod, Cardiganshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Still in Hafod, and as the rebellion [in Ireland] appears nearly finished intends to remain [his regiment had volunteered to tour there], and will try to resign without discredit. His daughter, Mariamne Johnes', health: Mr Abernethy writes that ascending of the tumour towards the belly is not as dangerous as its previous position; Johnes fears operation on similar tumour on a poor boy in Carmarthen has not been successful.
Transcribes extract from letter received from Mr Galton in which Galton states how he would like to see a "Tour of Wales" published by "so intelligent a man & so superior a Botanist as Dr Smith" and that with superior engravings the work would be a success, as "all the publications of [Thomas] Bewick's [(1753-1828), engraver and ornithologist] are instantly bought up & advance in value".
Daily expects Charlotte, [his sister], who has returned to England having "kicked down her bucket most foolishly indeed", so that it would not even "be believed in a Romance".
Letter date:
14 Jul 1798
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
16.89
Additional Information:
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| 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. |
