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GB-110/JES/COR/16/85
Title
Thomas Johnes, 84 Wimpole Street, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
30 Apr 1809
Author(s)
Thomas Johnes 1748-1816
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/16/85 from Thomas Johnes, 84 Wimpole Street, [London], to James Edward Smith (30 April 1809)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/16/85 from Thomas Johnes, 84 Wimpole Street, [London], to James Edward Smith (30 April 1809) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Johnes, Thomas
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Received Smith's letter of 24 [April]. An Aberystwyth surgeon has used "cuperose" with great effect to cure a young man's epileptic fits, and will write to him if Lady Amelia Hume wants the medicine. "Great loss" in death of [Thomas] Beddoes [(1760-1808), chemist and physician]. Returns Smith's manuscript and has made only minor corrections, offers plan of the present house [for Smith's "A tour to Hafod" (1810)].
Complains of the "miserable criticism" the "Edinburgh [Review]" of his [Jean de] Joinville [(1224-1317), French chronicler] translation; suspects it was "fabricated here by an ancient supposed friend". Laments "change in men's minds in last year", "they all seem unhinged" and they have "no heads and no leaders".
Letter date:
30 Apr 1809
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
16.168
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1810). "A tour to Hafod, in Cardiganshire ..." London: White. |
