Translation of a letter, from Marquis de Bon to Hans Sloane, dated at Montpellier

Reference number: EL/B3/41

Date: 20 March 1739

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Bons sends his second edition of his dissertation on the silk of spiders; Bons also sends two pieces of silk to replace the ones which were lost
Original letter, which now no longer exists, was in French
Read to the Royal Society on 29 March 1739

Reference number: EL/B3/41
Earliest possible date: 20 March 1739
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Francois Xavier Bon de Saint-Hilaire

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Francois-Xavier de Bon

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Francois Xavier Bon de Saint-Hilaire, Francois-Xavier de Bon, Translation of a letter, from Marquis de Bon to Hans Sloane, dated at Montpellier, 20 March 1739, EL/B3/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_41/translation-of-a-letter-from-marquis-de-bon-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-montpellier, accessed on 12 December 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters B3
1728-1739 Reference number: EL/B3

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Hans Sloane
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Francois Xavier Bon de Saint-Hilaire
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Dates: 1613 - 1740

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