From:
Sir Joseph Banks
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
[3 Mar 1800]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/1/67, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Count [Benjamin Thompson] Rumford received Mr Frost, on Banks recommendation. Approves of Smith's plan to publish the first two volumes of "Flora Britannica" now and to delay publication of the third "till paper is cheaper". Mr Mayer's presentation to George III. A large narwhal washed up on Lincolnshire coast, a chance to correct former errors regarding the description of the creature.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London