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Letter, from Edward Tenison to Mr Williams, dated at Canterbury

Reference number: EL/T/72

Date: 10 May 1712

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Listing crops (cereal and vegetable) suitable for 'labouring people', or useful for pasture, plants for clothing and seeds for oil to burn in lamps
Read to the Royal Society on 10 July 1712

Reference number
EL/T/72
Earliest possible date
10 May 1712
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Edward Tenison

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Edward Tenison, Letter, from Edward Tenison to Mr Williams, dated at Canterbury, 10 May 1712, EL/T/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_72/letter-from-edward-tenison-to-mr-williams-dated-at-canterbury, accessed on 09 February 2025

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