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Letter, from Bolingbroke [Henry St John] to the Royal Society, dated at Whitehall

Reference number: EL/B2/75

Date: 07 February 1712

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Autograph letter asking the Royal Society to prepare a draught of instructions to be presented to Queen Anne for a minister to be dispatched to the Court of Moscow
Read to the Royal Society on 19 February 1712

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EL/B2/75
Earliest possible date
07 February 1712
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Henry St John

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Henry St John, Letter, from Bolingbroke [Henry St John] to the Royal Society, dated at Whitehall, 07 February 1712, EL/B2/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_75/letter-from-bolingbroke-henry-st-john-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-whitehall, accessed on 17 March 2026

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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