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Letter, 'On trees supposed to be indigenous to Great Britain (Oak, chestnut)' from Daines Barrington to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/5/72

Date: 02 January 1769

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to Dr. William Watson, F. R. S. from the Hon. Daines Barrington, F. R. S. on the trees which are supposed to be indigenous in Great Britain'

Read 9 February 1769

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L&P/5/72
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02 January 1769
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Daines Barrington

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Daines Barrington, Letter, 'On trees supposed to be indigenous to Great Britain (Oak, chestnut)' from Daines Barrington to William Watson, 02 January 1769, L&P/5/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_72/letter-on-trees-supposed-to-be-indigenous-to-great-britain-oak-chestnut-from-daines-barrington-to-william-watson, accessed on 21 March 2025

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