From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Richard Bright
Date:
22 Dec 1824
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/21/33, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Accepts invitation to lecture at Bristol Institution. Proposes that they begin after 13 June, following his London Institution lectures and completion of Linnean Society business; he is being paid 100 guineas for 10 lectures at London Institution; prefers to give 3 lectures a week; other requirements, including complimentary tickets. Warns that all is dependent on his "uncertain health", a residence in London frequently brings on his pulmonary inflammation.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London