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Letter, from Perrott Williams [to the Royal Society], dated at Haverfordwest

Reference number: EL/W3/133

Date: 30 August 1725

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Concerning inoculation with smallpox and discussing the role that the College of Physicians should or might play in this; discussing the barometer used for taking weather observations (with figure of barometric scale)

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EL/W3/133
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30 August 1725
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Perrott Williams

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Perrott Williams, Letter, from Perrott Williams [to the Royal Society], dated at Haverfordwest, 30 August 1725, EL/W3/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_133/letter-from-perrott-williams-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-haverfordwest, accessed on 10 June 2026

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