From:
Sir Humphry Davy
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
22 Mar 1805/25 Mar 1805
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/4/41, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
The managers of the Royal Institution ask whether Smith would deliver a third course of lectures on botany in 1806. The last course gave "universal pleasure and satisfaction".
[Smith has briefly annotated his reply] Accepts the offer but would like to make the course longer.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London