From:
Thomas Johnes
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
17 Oct 1795
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/16/30, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Received Smith's letter of 13 [October]; congratulates him on his approaching marriage. His opinion on his own marriage and the instituiton in general. Dr [James] Anderson staying. Weather "boisterous & rainy" but the cataracts and cascades have been in "high beauty" and never saw Devil's Bridge in "greater glory" than a few days ago, when he was visited by an old school friend.
Coming to London this month but longs for the time, as Falstaff [Shakespeare character] says, when "I can live cleanly & like a gentleman".
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London