Letter, from S[imon] Degge [to the Royal Society], dated at London
Reference number: EL/D2/46
Date: 30 May 1724
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An account of the lifestyle of a woman from Kendal, Westmoreland (Cumbria) who was 124 years old in 1724
Read to the Royal Society on 4 June 1724
- Reference number
- EL/D2/46
- Earliest possible date
- 30 May 1724
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Simon Degge, Letter, from S[imon] Degge [to the Royal Society], dated at London, 30 May 1724, EL/D2/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d2_46/letter-from-simon-degge-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-london, accessed on 12 April 2026
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