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Letter, 'On his election as FRS [Fellow of the Royal Society]; speaks of the literarary honour done to him by the R.S. [Royal Society] admitting him their body' from Antoine Joseph de Sallier d'Argenville to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/2/160

Date: 01 June 1750

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Subject: Correspondence

Read 5 July 1750

Reference number
L&P/2/160
Earliest possible date
01 June 1750
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Antoine Joseph Degallier D' Argenville

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Antoine Joseph Degallier D' Argenville, Letter, 'On his election as FRS [Fellow of the Royal Society]; speaks of the literarary honour done to him by the R.S. [Royal Society] admitting him their body' from Antoine Joseph de Sallier d'Argenville to Cromwell Mortimer, 01 June 1750, L&P/2/160, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_160/letter-on-his-election-as-frs-fellow-of-the-royal-society-speaks-of-the-literarary-honour-done-to-him-by-the-rs-royal-society-admitting-him-their-body-from-antoine-joseph-de-sallier-dargenville-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 17 June 2025

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    'Letters and Papers' contains the scientific correspondence sent to the Royal Society through the 18th century, many of which were published in its journal.

    Dates: 1741 - 1806

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