From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 May 1812]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.242
Summary:
About JG's travels to Edinburgh.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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About JG's travels to Edinburgh.
Reports ongoing negotiations in formation of a new ministry following the "assassination" [of Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), Prime Minister from 1809 to 11 May 1812, on which day he was shot and killed by John Bellingham]. [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert brought [Thomas] Nuttall [(1786-1859) explorer of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, USA] to the club, he has returned with much botanical and entomological information. A riddle in reference to Revd John Rudd.