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GB-110/JES/COR/18/12
Title
Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 10 Great Windmill Street, Haymarket, London
Letter date
3 Jun 1784
Author(s)
Thomas Jenkinson Woodward 1745-1820
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/18/12 from Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 10 Great Windmill Street, Haymarket, London (3 June 1784)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/18/12 from Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 10 Great Windmill Street, Haymarket, London (3 June 1784) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
Sent from:
Bungay, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Pleased Smith's purchase of the Linnaean collections will probably exceed his expectations and that he is keeping the greater part; understands that the Professor of Botany at Oxford [John Sibthorp] offered a large sum for the herbarium. Suggests Smith write a "Flora Britannica" by comparing Smith's specimens against Linnaeus'.
Recently moved house. Commissions Smith to purchase the Aberdeen merchant's fossils before leaving London, directions for sending.
Letter date:
3 Jun 1784
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
18.27
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 27 Jul [1784] |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. |
