Concludes original letter lost. Impossible to do any further work for the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. Hopes FL will write the article.
Concludes original letter lost. Impossible to do any further work for the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. Hopes FL will write the article.
Thanks for Smith's letter of 20 December [1824], they had heard alarming reports of Smith's health. He has accepted the post of Colonial Secretary in New South Wales, [Australia], intends to embark at the end of April; conflicted about the posting but was offered the post in a "very handsome and flattering manner". Suggests [Robert] Brown to replace him as Linnean Society Secretary, though Smith will have to convince him to accept, otherwise suggests [Edward] Barnard. Recommends that [David] Don [(1799-1841), botanist] be removed [as Society Clerk], his "pride and self conceit are really intolerable".