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Letter, from Johnson to William Rutty, dated at Spalding

Reference number: EL/I2/9

Date: 24 April 1730

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Recounting details of the contents of two graves in Peru which a certain Henry Johnson sent in a letter to this correspondent

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EL/I2/9
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24 April 1730
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Maurice Johnson

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Maurice Johnson, Letter, from Johnson to William Rutty, dated at Spalding, 24 April 1730, EL/I2/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i2_9/letter-from-johnson-to-william-rutty-dated-at-spalding, accessed on 14 February 2026

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