Extract of a letter, from William Petty to Mr Graunt
Reference number: EL/P1/28
Date: 01 January 1663
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Details of the second voyage of Petty's ship between Holyhead and Dublin - that a 50 pound wager was won - outsailed a packet boat
Original dated 22 July 1663
- Reference number
- EL/P1/28
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1663
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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William Petty, Sir; William Petty, Extract of a letter, from William Petty to Mr Graunt, 01 January 1663, EL/P1/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_28/extract-of-a-letter-from-william-petty-to-mr-graunt, accessed on 13 March 2026
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