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
- Reference number
- EL/S1/23
- Earliest possible date
- 13 October 1697
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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Hans Sloane
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Robert Southwell
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