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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter, from Cotton Mather to James Jurin

Reference number: CLP/23ii/31

Date: 21 May 1723

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Sent from Boston, New England. Read to the Royal Society on 19 December 1723.

Subject: Medicine

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CLP/23ii/31
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21 May 1723
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Ink on paper
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17 pages
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Manuscript

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Cotton Mather

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Cotton Mather, Letter, from Cotton Mather to James Jurin, 21 May 1723, CLP/23ii/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_23ii_31/letter-from-cotton-mather-to-james-jurin, accessed on 18 July 2026

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