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Letter, from H Cane [to the Royal Society], dated at Hillingdon near Uxbridge

Reference number: EL/C2/49

Date: 31 October 1720

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Concerns growing grapes in Uxbridge
Read to the Royal Society on 10 November 1720

Reference number
EL/C2/49
Earliest possible date
31 October 1720
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript
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H Cane

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H Cane, Letter, from H Cane [to the Royal Society], dated at Hillingdon near Uxbridge, 31 October 1720, EL/C2/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c2_49/letter-from-h-cane-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-hillingdon-near-uxbridge, accessed on 16 May 2026

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