Letter, from George Garden to Hans Sloane, dated at Aberdeen
Reference number: EL/G1/42
Date: 22 July 1696
Description
States that he sends some beans from the Western islands of Scotland so that Sloane can compare them to ones from Jamaica; states that Mr Martin will be bringing other types of beans that he has discovered in the Western Isles
Read to the Royal Society on 14 October 1696
- Reference number
- EL/G1/42
- Earliest possible date
- 22 July 1696
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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George Garden, Letter, from George Garden to Hans Sloane, dated at Aberdeen, 22 July 1696, EL/G1/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_42/letter-from-george-garden-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-aberdeen, accessed on 23 May 2025
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