From:
Thomas Martyn
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
12 Apr 1818
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/7/21, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. Outraged by the Tutors opposition to Smith on grounds of his not being a member of the University, gives numerous examples of previous foreign and non-member professors. Glad that Smith is pleased with [George Cornelius] Gorham, details of his botanising. Suffering from vertigo in part due "to the weight of the atmosphere". Flooding from heavy rains.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London