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Letter, 'An answer to Philip Miller's letter read on December 15' from John Ellis to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/3/284

Date: 19 January 1758

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An answer to the preceding remarks'

Read 19 January 1758

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L&P/3/284
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19 January 1758
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Ink on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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John Ellis

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John Ellis, Letter, 'An answer to Philip Miller's letter read on December 15' from John Ellis to George Parker, 19 January 1758, L&P/3/284, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_284/letter-an-answer-to-philip-millers-letter-read-on-december-15-from-john-ellis-to-george-parker, accessed on 17 May 2025

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