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Letter, from Reverend Hugh Jones to Benjamin Woodroffe

Reference number: EL/I1/182

Date: 01 January 1699

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Account of Maryland, USA: its geography, the soil, the different species of trees and birds; its government, religion; and historical facts of the area
Read to the Royal Society on 17 January 1699

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EL/I1/182
Earliest possible date
01 January 1699
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Hugh Jones

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Hugh Jones, Letter, from Reverend Hugh Jones to Benjamin Woodroffe, 01 January 1699, EL/I1/182, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_182/letter-from-reverend-hugh-jones-to-benjamin-woodroffe, accessed on 19 June 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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