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Letter, from Robert Southwell to Captain Shanon, dated at Lisbon

Reference number: EL/S1/20

Date: 10 December 1667

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Wishing for information about the type of earth at Paqueras, the herbs that cure a mad dog, about water that petrifies wood, and a list of some of the most remarkable Portuguese soldiers

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EL/S1/20
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10 December 1667
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Southwell

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Robert Southwell, Letter, from Robert Southwell to Captain Shanon, dated at Lisbon, 10 December 1667, EL/S1/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_20/letter-from-robert-southwell-to-captain-shanon-dated-at-lisbon, accessed on 10 February 2025

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