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Letter, from [Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount] Bolingbroke [to the Royal Society], dated at Windsor

Reference number: EL/B2/76

Date: 19 October 1713

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Autograph letter informing the Royal Society that the Earl of Peterborough had been appointed as ambassador extraordinary to the King of Sicily and asking how the earl could be of service to the Society
Read to Royal Society on 22 October 1713

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EL/B2/76
Earliest possible date
19 October 1713
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1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Henry St John

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Henry St John, Letter, from [Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount] Bolingbroke [to the Royal Society], dated at Windsor, 19 October 1713, EL/B2/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_76/letter-from-henry-saint-john-1st-viscount-bolingbroke-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-windsor, accessed on 13 June 2026

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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