Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/18/41
Title Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date 12 May 1790
Author(s) Thomas Jenkinson Woodward 1745-1820
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/18/41 from Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (12 May 1790)

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Item Type: Document
From: Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
Sent from: Bungay, Suffolk
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Broke his collarbone and bruised his arm and leg in a stagecoach accident; refused to go to a surgeon and went straight home; making a good recovery; all of the 17 or 18 travellers were injured. Thought of their parting words but does not blame Smith. Smith's "distressing" visit to Sir Joseph Banks' [apoplectic fit and death of Charles Godfrey Woide (1725-1790)].

Letter date: 12 May 1790
Languages: English
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