Translation of a letter, from Jean de la Grive to Hans Sloane
Reference number: EL/G2/21
Date: 01 January 1734
Description
Original was dated 12 March 1734
Sends two copies of the new plan of Paris; states that the area east of the observatory in Paris towards Alsace was going to be mapped, and will send this map to the Royal Society in due course
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- EL/G2/21
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1734
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Jean de la Grive
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Jean de la Grive, Jean de la Grive, Translation of a letter, from Jean de la Grive to Hans Sloane, 01 January 1734, EL/G2/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g2_21/translation-of-a-letter-from-jean-de-la-grive-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 11 May 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Hans Sloane
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Jean de la Grive
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