Detailed letter of 2.5 large sides of paper. Signed by creator.

With reference to scientific matters and reference to the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Also includes a printed request for subscriptions in support of John Ralfs.

Correspondents and recipients include Baillie, Joanna; Bell, Lady Florence; Bostock, J. C.; Brown, Ford Madox; Gladstone, W.E.; Henslow, John Stevens; Hunt, W. Holman; Jackson, John Bishop of Lincoln; Jordan, C.W.; Lassell, William; Levi, Leone; Martineau, James; Richardson, John; Rothenstein, W.; Sumner, Charles; Thom, John Hamilton; Whillans, J.; Yates, Anna Maria; Yates, James, Rev. Will Turner, Henry Holland, Rev. William Ware, W Rothenstein, Mary Ann Humble, Theobald Mathew and L G Gray.
Includes reference to astronomy and botany