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Letter of thanks from Pierre de Vigny to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/44

Date: 02 February 1742

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Letter is in French. Thanks Folkes for electing him as a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Read 4 February 1741.

Reference number
L&P/1/44
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02 February 1742
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Pierre de Vigny

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Pierre de Vigny, Letter of thanks from Pierre de Vigny to Martin Folkes, 02 February 1742, L&P/1/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_44/letter-of-thanks-from-pierre-de-vigny-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 15 May 2025

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