Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Clerk to the Council of Almoners, Christ's Hospital, Newgate Street, E.C. 'Sir, I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 5th inst. [instant], informing me that Professor Thorpe has announced his resignation as representative of the Royal Society upon the Council of Almoners, and I have the honour to inform you that the President and Council desire to nominate Henry Edward Armstrong, LL.D. F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry in the City and Guilds of London Central Institute, South Kensington, for appointment by the Governors under the provisions of the scheme for Christ's Hospital. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, signed M Foster Sec. R.S. [Secretary, Royal Society]'. 7 February 1896