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Account of a hot spring at Broseley near Much Wenlock in Shropshire
Batchelor sent Hopton's letter to William Gibbins at the Royal Society
Read to the Royal Society on 25 October 1711

Reference number
EL/H3/92
Earliest possible date
01 June 1711
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Richard Hopton

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Richard Hopton, Letter, from Richard Hopton to John Batchelor, 01 June 1711, EL/H3/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_92/letter-from-richard-hopton-to-john-batchelor, accessed on 20 June 2025

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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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