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Reference numberEL/G2/19
LevelItem
TitleTranslation of a letter, from Jean de la Grive to the Royal Society, dated at Paris
CreatorGrive; Jean de la (1689-1757)
Date1733
DescriptionGives praise to the Royal Society and wishes to be elected to the Fellowship; discusses the work of the Society of Arts recently established in Paris; discusses his work on mapping Paris and its environs and his work with Cassini for determining the geographical extent of France
LanguageEnglish
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Place originParis, le-de-France, France
Origin coordinates48.85341, 2.3488
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Access statusOpen
Related materialOriginal is EL/G2/18
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/ac1023e7-2f1b-42c0-9fdb-5f3dc7bf6584
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CodeNameDates
NA1446Grive; Jean de la (1688 - 1757)1688 - 1757
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