Thomas Johnes, Hafod, [Cardiganshire], to Sir James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/16/99
Title Thomas Johnes, Hafod, [Cardiganshire], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date 29 Jan 1815
Author(s) Thomas Johnes 1748-1816
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/16/99 from Thomas Johnes, Hafod, [Cardiganshire], to Sir James Edward Smith (29 January 1815)

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

His shame at never accepting [Thomas William] Coke's invitations to Holkham, [Norfolk]; envious of his and [Andrew] Fountaine's "splendid collections"; will try to visit Smith soon but not this summer. He is recovering well thanks to Dr Darwin, and has not seen such a physician since [Thomas] Beddoes [(1760-1808), chemist and physician], "and he is more prudent".
Setting out for their new purchase in Langstone Cliffe Cottage, near Exmouth, Devon, some time next month. Frost and snow at Hafod but now thawing. Asks Smith to acquire a keg of cured herrings from Stiles of Norwich, [Norfolk], who cures them "superior to the Dutch"; he wants his countrymen to cure them the same way.

Letter date: 29 Jan 1815
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 16.193
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Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 20 Feb [1815]
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.