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Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/W3/114

Date: 21 March 1726

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Discussing what items have been sent: discussing the Act of Parliament and determining longitude; wishing to translate Hans Sloane's history of Jamaica into French; states that he will be sending out the new catalogue of the Royal Society

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EL/W3/114
Earliest possible date
21 March 1726
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Thomas Woolhouse

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John Thomas Woolhouse, Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris, 21 March 1726, EL/W3/114, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_114/letter-from-john-woolhouse-to-james-jurin-dated-at-paris, accessed on 06 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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