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Letter, 'On chestnut trees' from Andrew Coltee Ducarel to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/5/224

Date: 25 January 1771

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Dr. Ducarel, F. R. S. and F. S. A. to Dr. William Watson, M. D. and F. R. S. concerning chesnut trees; with two other letters to Dr. Ducarel, on the same subject'

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Reference number
L&P/5/224
Earliest possible date
25 January 1771
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
22 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Andrew Coltee Ducarel

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Andrew Coltee Ducarel, Letter, 'On chestnut trees' from Andrew Coltee Ducarel to William Watson, 25 January 1771, L&P/5/224, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_224/letter-on-chestnut-trees-from-andrew-coltee-ducarel-to-william-watson, accessed on 11 February 2025

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