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Letter, 'Account of the discovery of native gold in Ireland' from John Lloyd to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/10/130

Date: 04 November 1795

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the late discovery of native gold in Ireland. In a letter from John Lloyd, Esq. F. R. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S'

Read 19 November 1795

Reference number
L&P/10/130
Earliest possible date
04 November 1795
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Lloyd

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John Lloyd, Letter, 'Account of the discovery of native gold in Ireland' from John Lloyd to Joseph Banks, 04 November 1795, L&P/10/130, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_130/letter-account-of-the-discovery-of-native-gold-in-ireland-from-john-lloyd-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 24 May 2025

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