From:
Joseph Banks
To:
Mr Durham
Date:
10 June 1818
Source of text:
MM/2/35, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
Showing 1–2 of 2 items
No summary available.
Objects to DeWitt Clinton's candidature to Royal Society on grounds of his never having lived in England, or being as much a man of science as David Hosack, an American who was accepted on his talents. Believes accepting him in his position as President of the New York Society would set a precedent. Enquires after the Peterson family and wonders whether they have been detained at Holkham, [Norfolk, home of Thomas William Coke] "by the charms of the ladies or the talents of the gentlemen".