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Letter, from Francis Nevill to St George Ashe

Reference number: EL/N1/87

Date: 04 April 1713

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Details about a woman who could take things out of a person's eye (mentioned in EL/N1/86) and other curious stories
Read to the Royal Society on 16 April 1713

Reference number
EL/N1/87
Earliest possible date
04 April 1713
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Francis Nevill

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Francis Nevill, Letter, from Francis Nevill to St George Ashe, 04 April 1713, EL/N1/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_87/letter-from-francis-nevill-to-st-george-ashe, accessed on 10 February 2025

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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