From:
Sir Joseph Banks
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
13 Feb 1801
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/1/69, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Asks Smith to thank Mr Grave for "his magnificent present" of a swan, and Smith's mother for turkeys. Uncertain how the "sudden and unexpected concussion" caused by resignation of Prime Minister William Pitt will end, "dear old England cannot suffer much" [Pitt resigned after an impasse was reached over Catholic Emancipation].
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London