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GB-110/JES/COR/18/82
Title
James Edward Smith, London, to Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, Suffolk
Letter date
3 Mar 1794
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/18/82 from James Edward Smith, London, to Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, Suffolk (3 March 1794)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/18/82 from James Edward Smith, London, to Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, Suffolk (3 March 1794) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
London
To:
Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
Sent to location:
Bungay, Suffolk
Summary:
Glad Woodward enjoys "Zoology of New Holland"; he likes it and [George] Shaw "very much". History of the proposed biography of Linnaeus by [Joseph] Trapp, translated from [Dietrich Heinrich] Stoever's German biography; recommending all naturalists to subscribe. Lists new Fellows of the Linnean Society. Communicated information to Stoever for the original biography, particularly narrative of purchase of the collections. His paper on ferns [published by Turin Academy] is expected soon; intends to publish a translation. Sold more than 600 copies of his "Tour".
Letter date:
3 Mar 1794
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
18.171
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Woodward's letter of 24 January 1794, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/18/81. Shaw, G, (1794). "Zoology of New Holland ... the figures by James Sowerby". Vol.1. London: Sowerby. Stoever, D H, and Trapp, J (tr.), (1794). "The life of Sir Charles Linnaeus... to which is added, a...list of his works, and a biographical sketch of the life of his son... Translated from the... German by Joseph Trapp." London: White. Smith, J E, (1793). "A sketch of a tour on the Continent in the years 1786 and 1787" London. |
