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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Extract of a letter, from Albert Seta to Hans Sloane

Reference number: EL/S2/59

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Sends a box of foreign drugs from Amsterdam on the instruction of General Count Marsigli
Read to the Royal Society on 1 July 1725

Reference number
EL/S2/59
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Albertus Seba

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Albertus Seba, Extract of a letter, from Albert Seta to Hans Sloane, EL/S2/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_59/extract-of-a-letter-from-albert-seta-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 12 January 2025

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  • Early Letters

    Dates: 1613-1740

    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.

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