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Copy of a letter, from Andrew Paschall to Mr [John] Aubrey

Reference number: EL/P1/55

Date: 13 January 1674

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Reports of a phenomennon like the aurora borealis observed in Somerset. A case in Bridgewater of a briony root being passed off fraudulently as a Mandrake, exposed by Paschall.
Concerning language development and development of a universal language. Summarised in another hand at the head of the document as: "observations of an unusual meteor' and 'some particulars relating to the universal character'

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EL/P1/55
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13 January 1674
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Andrew Paschall

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Andrew Paschall, Copy of a letter, from Andrew Paschall to Mr [John] Aubrey, 13 January 1674, EL/P1/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_55/copy-of-a-letter-from-andrew-paschall-to-mr-john-aubrey, accessed on 07 November 2025

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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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