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Letter, 'An account of some very perfect and uncommon specimens of Spongiae' from John Strange to James West

Reference number: L&P/5/164

Date: 16 November 1769

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as An account of some very perfect and uncommon specimens of spongiæ from the coast of Italy: In a letter to James West, Esquire, President of the Royal Society; from John Strange, Esquire. F. R. S'

Read 22 March 1770

Reference number
L&P/5/164
Earliest possible date
16 November 1769
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Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Strange

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James West

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John Strange, James West, Letter, 'An account of some very perfect and uncommon specimens of Spongiae' from John Strange to James West, 16 November 1769, L&P/5/164, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_164/letter-an-account-of-some-very-perfect-and-uncommon-specimens-of-spongiae-from-john-strange-to-james-west, accessed on 07 August 2026

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