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Letter, 'Concerning David Wark's paper' from W Johnson to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/4/34

Date: 29 December 1760

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Subject: Geography

Read 8 January 1761

Reference number
L&P/4/34
Earliest possible date
29 December 1760
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Concerning David Wark's paper' from W Johnson to the Royal Society, 29 December 1760, L&P/4/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_34/letter-concerning-david-warks-paper-from-w-johnson-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 29 April 2025

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