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Letter, from Henry Justel to Robert Southwell

Reference number: EL/I1/142

Date: 13 May 1693

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Account of the biscuits of the Tartars (a Central Asian people)
Read to the Royal Society on 18 May 1693

Reference number
EL/I1/142
Earliest possible date
13 May 1693
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript
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Henry Justel

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Henri Justel

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Henry Justel, Henri Justel, Letter, from Henry Justel to Robert Southwell, 13 May 1693, EL/I1/142, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_142/letter-from-henry-justel-to-robert-southwell, accessed on 07 March 2026

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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