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Copy of a letter [to the Royal Society], from Lionel Beacher, dated at Youghall, Co Cork

Reference number: EL/B1/106

Date: 18 May 1665

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Concerning Valentine Gratix who could heal people of diseases and other ailments through touch
Details of his success are given

Reference number
EL/B1/106
Earliest possible date
18 May 1665
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Lionel Beacher

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Lionel Beacher, Copy of a letter [to the Royal Society], from Lionel Beacher, dated at Youghall, Co Cork, 18 May 1665, EL/B1/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_106/copy-of-a-letter-to-the-royal-society-from-lionel-beacher-dated-at-youghall-co-cork, accessed on 13 September 2024

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