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LINNEAN405

From:
Sir Joseph Banks
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
3 Jan 1796
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/1/54, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Much obliged to Mrs Smith and the effort she goes to in supplying turkeys. Reports on an extremely fertile field near Norwich, apparently due to plague victims being buried in it.

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The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN406

From:
Sir Joseph Banks
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
11 Jan 1796
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/1/55, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Compiling an account of an earthquake felt at Norwich, unsure whether it was caused by "an explosion in the air or under the earth".

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The Linnean Society of London
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