From:
Sir Benjamin Hobhouse
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
29 Aug 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/23/1, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Sorry they could not meet whilst Smith was in London. Besides themselves, a great many fellows of the Royal Society think the Duke of Somerset should be President, but he has declined to go to a poll, and unless Sir Humphry Davy withdraws as a candidate he will not reconsider.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London