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Wants more time to write his account from Cadiz; mentions silver and gold from the Indies (and that he will send some of this silver to England), and the plants and curiosities of Africa and Spain
Read to the Royal Society on 5 May 1670

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EL/H1/92
Earliest possible date
21 February 1669
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Henry Howard

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Henry Howard, Letter, from Henry Howard to William Brouncker, dated at Cadiz, 21 February 1669, EL/H1/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h1_92/letter-from-henry-howard-to-william-brouncker-dated-at-cadiz, accessed on 11 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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