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Letter, from Arthur Bury to John Chamberlayne at Westminster, dated at Compton

Reference number: EL/B2/63

Date: 08 March 1707

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Autograph letter concerning the different types of soil in Devon and how to manure it with sea sand
Notes, in another hand, of additions and corrections for a publication

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EL/B2/63
Earliest possible date
08 March 1707
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Bury

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Arthur Bury, Letter, from Arthur Bury to John Chamberlayne at Westminster, dated at Compton, 08 March 1707, EL/B2/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_63/letter-from-arthur-bury-to-john-chamberlayne-at-westminster-dated-at-compton, accessed on 25 March 2025

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