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Letter, 'Of Rheum palmatum' from John Hope to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/4/274

Date: 24 September 1765

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Dr. John Hope, Professor of Medicine and Botany in the University of Edinburgh, to Dr. Pringle; dated Edinburgh, 24 September, 1765'

Read 7 November 1765

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L&P/4/274
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24 September 1765
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Hope

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John Hope, Letter, 'Of Rheum palmatum' from John Hope to John Pringle, 24 September 1765, L&P/4/274, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_274/letter-of-rheum-palmatum-from-john-hope-to-john-pringle, accessed on 03 December 2024

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