From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 November 1826]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.346
Summary:
About plans for the Christmas season, the weather, history writing, and book publishing.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
About plans for the Christmas season, the weather, history writing, and book publishing.
Looked for JS to talk with him about the secretaryship of the R.S.L., specifically discussing Charles Babbage's position. JH would prefer to have JS nominate Babbage.
Introduces Charles [Lucien] Bonaparte, [2nd] Prince of [Canino and] Musignano [(1803-1857)], who has been residing in the United States studying natural history. Bonaparte has updated [Alexander] Wilson's ["American Ornithology"] and collected an extensive collection of American insects. Asks that he be made a member of the Linnean Society. Has received third volume of Smith's ["English flora"] including copy for "Lyceum of Natural History".