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Translation of a letter, from Count [Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux] de Maurepas to Morand, dated at Fontainebleau

Reference number: EL/M3/43

Date: 01 January 1738

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Original was in French dated 6 November 1738
That Morand was correct to refute the English surgeon's paper, that no declaration had been issued from the King prohibiting the lateral cutting of a stone - that it was a successful operation

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EL/M3/43
Earliest possible date
01 January 1738
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Jean-Frederic Phelypeaux de Maurepas

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Jean-Frederic Phelypeaux de Maurepas, Translation of a letter, from Count [Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux] de Maurepas to Morand, dated at Fontainebleau, 01 January 1738, EL/M3/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m3_43/translation-of-a-letter-from-count-jean-frédéric-phélypeaux-de-maurepas-to-morand-dated-at-fontainebleau, accessed on 08 December 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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