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Letter, from William Oliver to James Jurin, dated at Bath

Reference number: EL/O2/182

Date: 29 July 1730

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Discussing cases of smallpox in Plymouth and how his sons, who had been inoculated, were not infected

Reference number
EL/O2/182
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29 July 1730
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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William Oliver

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William Oliver, Letter, from William Oliver to James Jurin, dated at Bath, 29 July 1730, EL/O2/182, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_182/letter-from-william-oliver-to-james-jurin-dated-at-bath, accessed on 16 September 2024

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