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Letter, 'Of chestnut woods in Kent' from Daines Barrington to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/5/327

Date: 08 November 1772

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Subject: Botany

Read 24 December 1772

Reference number
L&P/5/327
Earliest possible date
08 November 1772
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Daines Barrington

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Daines Barrington, Letter, 'Of chestnut woods in Kent' from Daines Barrington to the Royal Society, 08 November 1772, L&P/5/327, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_327/letter-of-chestnut-woods-in-kent-from-daines-barrington-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 24 January 2026

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