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Letter, 'Further proofs of insalubrity or marshy places' from Richard Price to Samuel Horsley

Reference number: L&P/6/14

Date: 21 December 1773

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Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Farther proofs of the insalubrity of marshy situations. In a letter from the Rev. Dr. Price to the Rev. Dr. Horsley'

Read 13 January 1774

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L&P/6/14
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21 December 1773
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Price

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Richard Price, Letter, 'Further proofs of insalubrity or marshy places' from Richard Price to Samuel Horsley, 21 December 1773, L&P/6/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_14/letter-further-proofs-of-insalubrity-or-marshy-places-from-richard-price-to-samuel-horsley, accessed on 10 December 2024

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