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Paper, 'Concerning a zoophyte of Barbadoes' by Griffith Hughes

Reference number: L&P/1/223

Date: 03 November 1743

Description

Contains one plate.

Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from the Revd Mr. Griffith Hughes, Minister of St. Lucy’s Parish in Barbadoes, to Martin Folkes, Esq; Pr. R. S. concerning a Zoophyton, somewhat resembling the Flower of the Marigold'

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Reference number
L&P/1/223
Earliest possible date
03 November 1743
Physical description
Ink on paper and illustration
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Griffith Hughes

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Griffith Hughes, Paper, 'Concerning a zoophyte of Barbadoes' by Griffith Hughes, 03 November 1743, L&P/1/223, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_223/paper-concerning-a-zoophyte-of-barbadoes-by-griffith-hughes, accessed on 24 January 2026

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