RefNo | CB/1/1/148 |
AltRefNo | BLA.B.65 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square to Charles Blagden |
Date | 30 December 1817 |
Description | Answers Blagden's question about Biot's reception and his fracas with [Olinthus] Gregory. Describes Auguste Richard, son of the French botanist, who has arrived penniless in his Library and whom Brown has helped and protected - asks if Blagden can find out his history and his offence. Discusses his disinclination to believe that sea serpents lay their eggs on shore. Gives news of North West Passage expedition, two ships ready to depart. Discusses Laplace's attach on Kater's pendulum. |
Extent | 1 sheet |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Item 329, The Banks Letters, A Calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks preserved in the British Museum... London, 1958. |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |