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Letter from Charles James Fox Bunbury, on a paper 'On the organization of the fossil plants of the coal-measures. Part VII - Myelopteris, psaronius, and kaloxylon' by William Crawford Williamson to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/7/427

Date: 25 June 1875

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Referee feels he cannot complete a report on the paper, due to 'other engagements'. Will return the paper.

Subject: Botany

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1876].

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RR/7/427
Earliest possible date
25 June 1875
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Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles James Fox Bunbury

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Charles James Fox Bunbury, Letter from Charles James Fox Bunbury, on a paper 'On the organization of the fossil plants of the coal-measures. Part VII - Myelopteris, psaronius, and kaloxylon' by William Crawford Williamson to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 25 June 1875, RR/7/427, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_427/letter-from-charles-james-fox-bunbury-on-a-paper-on-the-organization-of-the-fossil-plants-of-the-coal-measures-part-vii-myelopteris-psaronius-and-kaloxylon-by-william-crawford-williamson-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 17 October 2026

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