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Letter, 'Account of some of the more rare plants observed in Leicestershire' from Richard Pulteney to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/3/193

Date: 27 November 1756

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some of the more rare english plants observed in Leicestershire'

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Reference number
L&P/3/193
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27 November 1756
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Ink on paper
Page extent
39 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Pulteney

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Richard Pulteney, Letter, 'Account of some of the more rare plants observed in Leicestershire' from Richard Pulteney to George Parker, 27 November 1756, L&P/3/193, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_193/letter-account-of-some-of-the-more-rare-plants-observed-in-leicestershire-from-richard-pulteney-to-george-parker, accessed on 14 November 2025

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