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GB-110/JES/COR/18/31
Title
Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
14 Dec 1787
Author(s)
Thomas Jenkinson Woodward 1745-1820
Number of Pages
8
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GB-110/JES/COR/18/31 from Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith (14 December 1787)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/18/31 from Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith (14 December 1787) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
Sent from:
Bungay, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Discusses Smith's living arrangements for near future. Asks Smith to pick up parcel from [William] Withering for him; contains a variety of 'Carex panicea'. List of London commissions for Smith to carry out for him including books and desiderata list [extant, 4 pages of plant names, some have been marked].
Smith's imminent establishment of a botanical society [Linnean Society, founded 1788]; discusses possibility of writing a paper on 'Lycoperdon' and difficulties of its current classification, and suggests additional paper on 'Cryptogamia'. Message for [Samuel] Goodenough: waiting for response from his Yarmouth, [Norfolk], friend on 'Fucus'.
Letter date:
14 Dec 1787
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
18.61
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 22 Jan 1788 |
| Related Material | Woodward, T J, 'An Essay towards an History of the British Stellated Lycoperdons: being an Account of such Species as have been found in the Neighbourhood of Bungay, in Suffolk', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1794 2(1), pp.32-62. Goodenough, S, and Woodward, T J, 'Observations on the British Fuci, with particular Descriptions of each Species', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1797 3(1), pp.84-235. |
