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Letter, from Robert Southwell to Hans Sloane, dated at King's Weston

Reference number: EL/S1/23

Date: 13 October 1697

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Concerning a copper mine on the Avon near Bristol; account of humming birds in the Caribbean
Read to the Royal Society on 20 October 1697

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EL/S1/23
Earliest possible date
13 October 1697
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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 Hans Sloane, dated at King's Weston, 13 October 1697, EL/S1/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_23/letter-from-robert-southwell-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-kings-weston, accessed on 10 February 2025

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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