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Letter, from Christopher Jacob Trew to Hans Sloane, dated at Nuremburg

Reference number: EL/T/88

Date: 08 February 1734

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Sends second volume of 'Commercium literarium' with details about the third volume in preparation; passes on best wishes from Dr Volkamer; looking forward to receiving a volume of Sloane's 'Natural history of Jamaica'
Read to the Royal Society on 20 January 1734

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EL/T/88
Earliest possible date
08 February 1734
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Christopher Jacob Trew

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Christopher Jacob Trew, Christopher Jacob Trew, Letter, from Christopher Jacob Trew to Hans Sloane, dated at Nuremburg, 08 February 1734, EL/T/88, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_88/letter-from-christopher-jacob-trew-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-nuremburg, accessed on 21 June 2025

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