| RefNo | MM/1/19 | 
| Level | Item | 
| Title | Letter from John Symmons, Paddington House, to Sir Joseph Banks | 
| Date | 31 July 1814 | 
| Description | On witnessing some remarkable cures of blindness effected by Sir William Adams, Oculist for the Prince Regent.  Symmons praises Adams's skill and states that Adams "is ambitious of a seat on the Royal Society". 
 With Banks's draft reply
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| Extent | 3 sides | 
| Format | Manuscript | 
| AccessStatus | Open | 
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates | 
| NA5097 | Symmons; John (fl 1794  - 1832) | fl 1794  - 1832 | 
| NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |