Frost, John (1803-1840), founder of the Medico-Botanical Society of London

Comprises papers of John Frost (1803-1840) relating either to botanical interests or the Medico-Botanical Society, including:

MS.7691/1: autograph letter, signed, by Frost, to William Hoddiges, thanking him for a botanical specimen and sending him some seeds received from Calcutta, 1823.

MS.7691/2: autograph letter, signed, by Frost, to the antiquary the Rev. Stephen Weston F.R.S., mentioning brown broth and Baron Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), and sending a copy (no longer present) of an address to the Medico-Botanical Society by its President Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope (1781-1855), 1829.

MS.7691/3-4: papers concerning a Medico-Botanical Society member: autograph extract from Society's Council minutes, signed by Frost, recording the election of César Moreau F.R.S. as a corresponding member (no. 3) and printed form with autograph insertions and signature by Richard Morris, Society Secretary, electing Moreau as a Fellow (no. 4), 1826-1827.

1823-1829

1 file

Purchased from: F.H. Sikes, Chelsea, February 1928; Charavay, Paris, October 1928 / April 1929. no. 1 accessioned in 1940, source unknown. accs. 56975, 63700 and 92000

For biographical information on Frost see collection level description for MSS.6824, 7148 & 7691.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplements to the Library's published manuscript catalogues.