From:
Edward Forster
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
22 Jan 1826
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/22/18, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Thanks for turkey. Turns down offered potential post [of vice-president] in favour of [Robert] Brown. Heard from [Alexander] Macleay at Rio de Janeiro, assumes they have reached New South Wales by now. Hopes Smith's niece is bearing her misfortune well. Account of recent Linnean Society meeting. Their bank quiet but fears great distress across the country and expects to hear of banks failing.
[Letter incomplete: large portion of second folio cropped, unclear if any significant text missing]
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London