| RefNo | CB/1/1/166 |
| AltRefNo | BLA.B.83 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square to Charles Blagden |
| Date | 16 November 1819 |
| Description | Sends Roseberry strawberries for Countess Rumford and Madame Berthollet, they grow in his hothouse. Next parcel will include White's experiments. Royal Society election approaches, "I almost feel uneasy at again offering myself a candidate this will if I am again elected it will be the 42nd time. Enough to satisfy the ambitions of any man". Gerard has arrived bearing a letter from Delambre, he will be given every civility in his object to study gas lights. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Item 348, 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 |