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Letter, 'Concerning moving moss near Church-town Lancs' from L Richmond to Leigh Esq of Adlington

Reference number: L&P/1/361

Date: 1745

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A copy of a letter from the Reverend Mr. Richmond, to Leigh, Esq; of Adlington in the County of Chester, concerning a moving moss in the neighbourhood of Church-Town in Lancashire: Communicated by Edward Milward, M. D. F. R. S'

Read 28 February 1745

Reference number
L&P/1/361
Earliest possible date
1745
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Concerning moving moss near Church-town Lancs' from L Richmond to Leigh Esq of Adlington, 1745, L&P/1/361, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_361/letter-concerning-moving-moss-near-church-town-lancs-from-l-richmond-to-leigh-esq-of-adlington, accessed on 21 March 2025

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