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Autograph letter about sending papers on astronomy and on spiders
Read to the Royal Society on 6 December 1710

Reference number
EL/B3/39
Earliest possible date
01 May 1710
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Francois-Xavier de Bon

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Francois-Xavier de Bon, Letter, from Marquis de Bon to the Royal Society, dated at Montpellier, 01 May 1710, EL/B3/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_39/letter-from-marquis-de-bon-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-montpellier, accessed on 10 October 2026

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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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