From:
Alexander Macleay
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
10 Oct 1801
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/AM/17, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Dispatched Professor [Eugen Johann Christoph] Esper's [(1742-1810)] FMLS diploma several months ago. Congratulates Smith on the return of peace [between Britain and France] with the ratification of the preliminaries [of the Treaty of Amiens, signed 25 March 1802]; "the mob" took the horses from the Consuls carriage and drew them home.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London