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Letter, 'Account of the island of San Miguel' from Francis Masson to William Aiton

Reference number: L&P/7/31

Date: 10 August 1777

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the island of St. Miguel. By Mr Francis Masson, in a letter to Mr. William Aiton, Botanical Gardener to his Majesty. Communicated by Joseph Banks, Esq. F. R. S'

Read 2 April 1778

Reference number
L&P/7/31
Earliest possible date
10 August 1777
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Ink on paper
Page extent
12 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Account of the island of San Miguel' from Francis Masson to William Aiton, 10 August 1777, L&P/7/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_31/letter-account-of-the-island-of-san-miguel-from-francis-masson-to-william-aiton, accessed on 14 July 2025

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