From:
Roger Wilbraham
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
5 Aug 1813
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/7/29, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. Smith could have contacted him about his candidacy without [Thomas William] Coke's insistence. Unable to offer much assistance as he removed himself from Trinity College twenty-eight years ago; canvassed a Mr Davies for Smith but received an evasive answer.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London