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1 letter from John Chamberlayne; 3 letters from Paul Dudley

John Chamberlayne

Translator and literary editor

Born: c 1666

Died: 02 November 1723

Elected to the Royal Society Fellowship: 06/05/1702

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Paul Dudley

Born: 03 September 1675

Died: 25 January 1751

Elected to the Royal Society Fellowship: 02/11/1721

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John Chamberlayne

Paul Dudley

Concerning the grafting of apple trees Read to the Royal Society on 11 February 1701

Reference number: EL/C2/38

1719

Wishes to resume correspondence, says that there is nothing to add to the chapter on maple sugar, and discusses the defeat of the Spanish invasion

Reference number: EL/D1/72

1720

Concerning Mr Kellag's trading voyage from Canada to Mississippi, wishes to send a moose to the Royal Society, and hopes that the specimen of the poyson wood tree has arrived

Reference number: EL/D1/73

1722

Concerning an account of a new island that emerged in the Azores which was sent to the Royal Society by Doctor Mather. Dudley says that he sends the observations of and draughts of the island by Captain Robertson and a specimen of the cinders or pumice stones Read to the Royal Society on 24 May 1722

Reference number: EL/D1/75