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Letter, 'Of the copper springs in co. Wicklow' from William Henry to Charles Cadogan

Reference number: L&P/2/415

Date: 31 May 1752

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Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A second letter of the Rev. William Henry, D. D. to the right honorable the Lord Cadogan, F. R. S. concerning the copper springs in the county of Wicklow in Ireland'

Read 15 February 1753

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L&P/2/415
Earliest possible date
31 May 1752
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henry

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William Henry, Letter, 'Of the copper springs in co. Wicklow' from William Henry to Charles Cadogan, 31 May 1752, L&P/2/415, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_415/letter-of-the-copper-springs-in-co-wicklow-from-william-henry-to-charles-cadogan, accessed on 19 June 2025

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