Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor William Augustus Tilden, Fellow of the Royal Society 'Dear Sir, I am instructed to remind you we have not yet received the short statement of claims to the award of the Davy Medal to Messrs Van t'Hoff and J A Le Bol, proposed by you. These statements are circulated amongst Council members. Yr obedt Servant [Your obedient servant], T. E. James Clerk R.S [Royal Society]'. 20 July 1893