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GB-110/JES/COR/18/33
Title
Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
20 Apr 1788
Author(s)
Thomas Jenkinson Woodward 1745-1820
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/18/33 from Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith (20 April 1788)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/18/33 from Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith (20 April 1788) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
Sent from:
Bungay, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Asks after Smith's "botanical institution" [Linnean Society]; understands they met at Smith's house and that Smith's introductory discourse was well received. Still waiting on Smith's 'Lycoperdon' notes so he can write paper on the genus; justifies his decision to focus on only British species. Sends parcel of a few marine plants for [Samuel] Goodenough, asks for his and Smith's opinion. [John] Pitchford has the true 'Fucus pinnatus' of [William] Hudson but convinced it is 'cartilagineus' of Hudson in fructification. Sends Goodenough specimens of common brown 'Fucus' of Yarmouth beach; observations on its "newness", specimen enclosed for Smith [envelope extant but specimen missing, labelled 'Fucus subsuscus', located 18.74].
Letter date:
20 Apr 1788
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
18.68
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 17 Sep [1788] |
| Related Material | For Smith's reply of 17 September 1788, see JES/COR/18/36. Smith, J E, 'Introductory Discourse On The Rise And Progress Of Natural History', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1791 1(1), pp.1-55. 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. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, pp.349-351. |
