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Letter, 'Gives thanks on election as FRS [Fellow of the Royal Society]' from Juan de Schouvallow to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/3/338

Date: 08 May 1758

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1 page in French, with 1 page of English translation.

Subject: Correspondence

Read 16 November 1758

Reference number
L&P/3/338
Earliest possible date
08 May 1758
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Gives thanks on election as FRS [Fellow of the Royal Society]' from Juan de Schouvallow to the Royal Society, 08 May 1758, L&P/3/338, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_338/letter-gives-thanks-on-election-as-frs-fellow-of-the-royal-society-from-juan-de-schouvallow-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 19 April 2026

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