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Letter, from Francis Nevill to St George Ashe

Reference number: EL/N1/86

Date: 12 February 1712

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Account of Loch Neagh in northern Ireland with details about its curative effects; details about a woman who could take things out of a person's eye
Read to the Royal Society on 19 March 1712

Reference number
EL/N1/86
Earliest possible date
12 February 1712
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript
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Francis Nevill

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Francis Nevill, Letter, from Francis Nevill to St George Ashe, 12 February 1712, EL/N1/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_86/letter-from-francis-nevill-to-st-george-ashe, accessed on 20 September 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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