Item 5 - Letter from Henry Bowie, secretary of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, to Richard Monckton Milnes

1 folded sheet.

On headed notepaper, Philosophical Institution, 4 Queen Street, Edinburgh. - The Directors invite Milnes to deliver the Inaugural Address at the opening of the next session of the Philosophical Institution; they regret that he was not able to visit during the last session. Sir John Pakington delivered the Inaugural Address of last year's session, and the Bishop of St. David's [Connop Thirlwall] whom Bowie understands is Milnes' friend, the address of the previous year.