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GB-110/JES/COR/16/82
Title
Thomas Johnes, Castle Hill, to James Edward Smith
Letter date
9 Dec 1807
Author(s)
Thomas Johnes 1748-1816
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/16/82 from Thomas Johnes, Castle Hill, to James Edward Smith (9 December 1807)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Johnes, Thomas
Sent from:
Castle Hill
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Happy Smith has been pleased with La Broequine and thanks him for his notes, which he will make use of in the next edition. Has been extremely inconvenienced by [John Henry Petty, 2nd Marquess of] Lansdowne [(1765-1809)] abandoning his purchase of the Priory.
Mariamne [Johnes, his daughter] has become a "prodigious fine miniature paintress". His work on [Enguerrand de] Monstrelet [(1400-1453), French chronicler] translation: first volume printed and second will be finished by March, keeps three printers constantly employed. Fire at Hafod House: his Venetian library in "grand confusion", having escaped the fire, but lost first volume of "Flora Graeca" and all "Linnean Transactions". Intends to restore library "as handsome as before".
Letter date:
9 Dec 1807
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
16.162
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Sibthorp, J, (1806-1837). "Flora Graeca", London: Taylor. |
| 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 8 Feb 1808 |
