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Letter from Pierre de Vigny to Hans Sloane

Reference number: L&P/1/3

Date: 04 October 1741

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He would like to be admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society and asks Sloane to offer him the opportunity.

Sent from Paris.

Read 29 October 1941.

Reference number
L&P/1/3
Earliest possible date
04 October 1741
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Pierre de Vigny

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Pierre de Vigny, Letter from Pierre de Vigny to Hans Sloane, 04 October 1741, L&P/1/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_3/letter-from-pierre-de-vigny-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 18 September 2024

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    Dates: 1741-1806

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