Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 10 Great Windmill Street, Haymarket, London

Summary

Pleased Smith's purchase of the Linnaean collections will probably exceed his expectations and that he is keeping the greater part; understands that the Professor of Botany at Oxford [John Sibthorp] offered a large sum for the herbarium. Suggests Smith write a "Flora Britannica" by comparing Smith's specimens against Linnaeus'.

Recently moved house. Commissions Smith to purchase the Aberdeen merchant's fossils before leaving London, directions for sending.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN1436

From

Thomas Jenkinson Woodward

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

3 Jun 1784

Sent from

Bungay, Suffolk

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/18/12, The Linnean Society of London

Language

English

Contributor

The Linnean Society of London[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.

• Sir James Edward Smith
• Thomas Jenkinson Woodward