Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Johnes, Thomas
Sent from:
Hafod, Cardiganshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Received Smith's letters of 15 and 28 [February ?]. Sent Smith information on the estates he is selling to be given to his Quaker friend and other interested parties. His family in good health, though his daughter [Mariamne Johnes] complains of headaches and she is to start taking Calx again as a precaution against the influenza currently raging in the country. Wishes the French would "keep themselves and their disorders at home".
His translation of Froissart [(c 1337-c 1405), French chronicler] going well, though had to dismiss his "rogue" of a printer and is expecting a replacement from Edinburgh. Todd [his gardener] is recovering from a head injury after falling from his horse, and had been suffering "jealous whims" though hopes they are gone with the blood the leeches took from his head.
Letter date:
28 Mar 1803
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
16.142
Additional Information:
Note type | Note |
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Related Material | See Johnes' letters of 29 July 1803 and 22 September 1803 for mention of Todd's condition, JES/COR/16/74 and JES/COR/16/75, respectively. |
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. |
Additional | Smith replied 13 Apr [1803] |