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Letter, from Richard Poley to James Jurin, dated at Stockholm

Reference number: EL/P1/120

Date: 27 July 1724

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Concerns delivery of letters; asks Jurin to pass on the catalogue of plants to Hans Sloane

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EL/P1/120
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27 July 1724
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Richard Poley

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Richard Poley, Letter, from Richard Poley to James Jurin, dated at Stockholm, 27 July 1724, EL/P1/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_120/letter-from-richard-poley-to-james-jurin-dated-at-stockholm, accessed on 09 February 2025

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