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Letter, from Dr [Nathaniel] Johnston to Timothy Clarke

Reference number: EL/I1/162

Date: 29 June 1669

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Account of the effects of fasting by a young woman, Martha Taylor, from Derby
Read to the Royal Society on 8 July 1669

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EL/I1/162
Earliest possible date
29 June 1669
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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Nathaniel Johnston

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Nathaniel Johnston, Letter, from Dr [Nathaniel] Johnston to Timothy Clarke, 29 June 1669, EL/I1/162, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_162/letter-from-dr-nathaniel-johnston-to-timothy-clarke, accessed on 07 December 2025

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