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Kersseboom's essay stated that the number of inhabitants in Paris between 1684 and 1685 was greater than in London. See CLP/17/60 for Kersseboom's essay.

Read to the Royal Society on 8 November 1739

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An answer to that part of Mr. W. Kersseboom's essay, which treats of the number of the inhabitants of London'

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CLP/17/59
Earliest possible date
1739
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Maitland

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William Maitland, Paper, answer to Mr W Kersseboom's essay which considers the number of inhabitants of London by William Maitland, 1739, CLP/17/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_17_59/paper-answer-to-mr-w-kerssebooms-essay-which-considers-the-number-of-inhabitants-of-london-by-william-maitland, accessed on 20 January 2026

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