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Letter, 'Of phytolacca or poke-weed' from Richard Brooke to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/2/426

Date: 08 March 1753

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Subject: Zoology

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L&P/2/426
Earliest possible date
08 March 1753
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of phytolacca or poke-weed' from Richard Brooke to John Pringle, 08 March 1753, L&P/2/426, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_426/letter-of-phytolacca-or-poke-weed-from-richard-brooke-to-john-pringle, accessed on 10 December 2024

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