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Letter, 'An account of the cinnamon tree' from William Watson to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/242

Date: 21 November 1751

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the cinnamon-tree'

Read 21 November 1751

Reference number
L&P/2/242
Earliest possible date
21 November 1751
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Watson

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William Watson, Letter, 'An account of the cinnamon tree' from William Watson to the Royal Society, 21 November 1751, L&P/2/242, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_242/letter-an-account-of-the-cinnamon-tree-from-william-watson-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 07 March 2026

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