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Letter, from Cotton Mather to James Jurin, dated at Boston

Reference number: EL/M2/45

Date: 03 August 1723

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Concerning delivery of parcels; introduces John Parkens and states that he has been told to visit Jurin

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EL/M2/45
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03 August 1723
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Cotton Mather

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Cotton Mather, Cotton Mather, Letter, from Cotton Mather to James Jurin, dated at Boston, 03 August 1723, EL/M2/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_45/letter-from-cotton-mather-to-james-jurin-dated-at-boston, accessed on 11 August 2026

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