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Copy of a letter, from Henry Newman to Samuel Griffith, dated at London

Reference number: EL/N1/80

Date: 01 January 1705

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Original letter dated 24 April
List of enquiries concerning Farmosa (Malaysia); mentioning a paper about this place by G Psalmanaazaar
Read to the Royal Society on 20 June 1705

On the reverse is a copy of Griffith's reply to Newman, dated 27 April 1705, with observations of Farmosa

Reference number
EL/N1/80
Earliest possible date
01 January 1705
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Henry Newman

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Henry Newman, Copy of a letter, from Henry Newman to Samuel Griffith, dated at London, 01 January 1705, EL/N1/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_80/copy-of-a-letter-from-henry-newman-to-samuel-griffith-dated-at-london, accessed on 03 December 2024

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