Letter, 'Of the soil of Naples and the neighbourhood' from William Hamilton to Matthew Maty
Reference number: L&P/5/206
Date: 16 October 1770
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Subject: Geology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Remarks upon the nature of the soil of Naples, and its neighbourhood; in a letter from the Honourable William Hamilton, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at Naples, to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S'
Read 10 January 1771
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- L&P/5/206
- Earliest possible date
- 16 October 1770
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 26 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Hamilton, Letter, 'Of the soil of Naples and the neighbourhood' from William Hamilton to Matthew Maty, 16 October 1770, L&P/5/206, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_206/letter-of-the-soil-of-naples-and-the-neighbourhood-from-william-hamilton-to-matthew-maty, accessed on 14 June 2026
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