Letter, from James Elderton
Reference number: CLP/23i/51
Date: 29 May 1724
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Sent from Salisbury, Wiltshire. States that 660 people in Salisbury had small pox in 1723, of those 100 died and he sends a list of names (attached).
Subject: Medicine
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- CLP/23i/51
- Earliest possible date
- 29 May 1724
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- Ink on paper
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, from James Elderton, 29 May 1724, CLP/23i/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_23i_51/letter-from-james-elderton, accessed on 07 June 2026
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