Unpublished letter, 'An account of the discovery of some fossils in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire' from B [Benjamin] Bevan to the President [Sir Joseph Banks] Bevan describes fossilised Belemnites that were discovered during the creation of shafts for a navigable tunnels through the Grand Ridge in southern Leicestershire, as well as fossilised Orthoceratites [Orthoceras] and Belemnites that were disovered during construction of the Grand Union Canal and further navigable tunnels in Northamptonshire. He reports that he struggled to find intact specimens but presented one to the British Museum. Minor annotations appear in graphite. Subject: Palaeontology Written by Bevan at Leighton Buzzard [Bedfordshire, England] and addressed to Banks in Soho Square, London. Postmarked 8 December 1817. Read to the Royal Society on 12 March 1818. 6 December 1817