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

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/18/93
Title Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date 21 Jan 1795
Author(s) Thomas Jenkinson Woodward 1745-1820
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/18/93 from Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (21 January 1795)

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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:

Mail coaches to Bungay. Enjoyed last number of "[Botany of] New Holland", particularly 'Eucalyptus' for curious construction of its flowers, and 'Styphelia', Mrs Woodward says the 'Mimosa' are "ugly". Asks for most recent copy of "Zoology [of New Holland]". Acquisition of coins. [John] Stackhouse to lend him a parcel of 'Fucus' specimens; Stackhouse's and [Thomas] Velley's publications. [Samuel] Goodenough has sketched a preface for their paper on 'Fucus' but he is "too speculative" in parts of his theory; notes on contents of the paper.
Fears Smith's father's illness is a "symptom of a breaking constitution". Smith's "Flora [Britannica]" "much looked for". Distress of the poor during this severe frost. Transcribes epigrams from Bacon's halfpence.

Letter date: 21 Jan 1795
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 18.192
Additional Information:
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AdditionalSmith replied 14 Mar 1795
Related MaterialFor Smith's reply of 14 March 1795, see JES/COR/18/94. Shaw, G, (1794). "Zoology of New Holland ... the figures by James Sowerby". Vol.1. London: Sowerby. Velley, T, (1795). "Coloured figures of marine plants, found on the southern coast of England ... accompanied with a figure of the Arabis stricta ... To which is prefixed an inquiry into the mode of propagation peculiar to sea plants. Plantarum maritimarum ..." Bathoniae: Hazard. Stackhouse, J, 'Description of Ulva punctata', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1797 3(1), pp.236-237. 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. Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis.