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Letter, 'Of a plant lately discovered in the Isle of Skye' from John Hope to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/5/92

Date: 10 April 1769

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Subejct: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from John Hope, M.D. F. R. S. Professor of Physic and Botany in the University of Edinburgh, to William Watson, M.D. F. R. S. on a rare plant found in the Isle of Skye'

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L&P/5/92
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10 April 1769
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Ink on paper
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15 pages
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Manuscript

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John Hope

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John Hope, Letter, 'Of a plant lately discovered in the Isle of Skye' from John Hope to William Watson, 10 April 1769, L&P/5/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_92/letter-of-a-plant-lately-discovered-in-the-isle-of-skye-from-john-hope-to-william-watson, accessed on 13 January 2025

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