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Letter, from Richard Wright to Silvanus Bevan, dated at Haverfordwest

Reference number: EL/W3/136

Date: 15 February 1723

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Discussing ways of inoculating with smallpox in Wales

Read to the Royal Society on 28 February 1723

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EL/W3/136
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15 February 1723
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Wright

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Richard Wright, Letter, from Richard Wright to Silvanus Bevan, dated at Haverfordwest, 15 February 1723, EL/W3/136, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_136/letter-from-richard-wright-to-silvanus-bevan-dated-at-haverfordwest, accessed on 08 March 2026

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