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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
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
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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