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Letter, 'Note on nigrescent vegetables' from Edward Bancroft to John Walsh

Reference number: L&P/6/111

Date: 08 March 1774

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Subject: Natural sciences

Read 14 April 1774

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L&P/6/111
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08 March 1774
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Bancroft

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Edward Bancroft, Letter, 'Note on nigrescent vegetables' from Edward Bancroft to John Walsh, 08 March 1774, L&P/6/111, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_111/letter-note-on-nigrescent-vegetables-from-edward-bancroft-to-john-walsh, accessed on 12 May 2025

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