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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Extract of a letter, from Thomas Tanner [to the Royal Society]

Reference number: EL/T/72a

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Details of a family from Staffordshire, many of whom were over a hundred years old

Reference number
EL/T/72a
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript
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Thomas Tanner

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Thomas Tanner, Extract of a letter, from Thomas Tanner [to the Royal Society], EL/T/72a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_72a/extract-of-a-letter-from-thomas-tanner-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 24 March 2025

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    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.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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