From:
Sir Thomas Frankland
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
9 Nov 1807
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/15/34, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Unoffended by rejection of his paper by Linnean Society and amused by their "squeamishness" over the passage playing on Mr [Lilly?] Wigg's [(1749-1829), clerk in Dawson Turner's bank] name, even though it was omitted and both Smith and Dawson Turner found it unexceptionable, though uncertain whether the attack he made on Mr S's paper [possibly Richard Salisbury] caused this rejection. Will send illustrative specimens to Smith and print the paper privately.
On 1 September broke his inner gastrocnemius muscle and it has recovered from bandaging alone, as advised by Mr Home.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London