From:
David Hosack
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
6 Jun 1823
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/ADD/40, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Encloses remarks he published relative to the Cambridge botany professorship [extant]. Smith will also receive a letter and book from Governor [DeWitt] Clinton.
Newspaper clipping from the "The Statesman", New York: Wednesday evening, June 4 1823: discusses Smith's rejection for Cambridge botany professorship and warns America to "take warning by the example of Europe".
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London