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RefNoEL/M2/58
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TitleLetter, from John Meres to the Royal Society, dated at the Apothecary Hall
CreatorMeres; John (-1735); six-clerk in Chancery; High Sheriff of Lincolnshire
Date5 March 1722
DescriptionDetails about the establishment of the Chelsea Physic Garden and that the Society of Apothecaries should send 50 plant specimens to the Society annually; Meres states that he sends 50 specimens and a catalogue of their names
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originApothecaries' Hall, Blackfriars, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Origin coordinates51.512862, -0.103192
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/f8d731fd-14fa-440e-90ef-5a3d6d495e81
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