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Letter, 'Jesuit's bark tree; Cabbage bark tree' from William Wright to John Ellis

Reference number: L&P/6/245

Date: 20 January 1775

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Description of the Jesuits bark tree of Jamaica and the Caribbees'

Read 24 April 1777

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L&P/6/245
Earliest possible date
20 January 1775
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Ink on paper
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10 pages
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Manuscript

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William Wright

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William Wright, Letter, 'Jesuit's bark tree; Cabbage bark tree' from William Wright to John Ellis, 20 January 1775, L&P/6/245, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_245/letter-jesuits-bark-tree-cabbage-bark-tree-from-william-wright-to-john-ellis, accessed on 09 July 2025

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