Unpublished letter, 'An account of the discovery of some fossils in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire' from B [Benjamin] Bevan to the President [Sir Joseph Banks]
Reference number: AP/8A/2
Date: 06 December 1817
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Bevan describes fossilised Belemnites that were discovered during the creation of shafts for a navigable tunnels through the Grand Ridge in southern Leicestershire, as well as fossilised Orthoceratites [Orthoceras] and Belemnites that were disovered during construction of the Grand Union Canal and further navigable tunnels in Northamptonshire. He reports that he struggled to find intact specimens but presented one to the British Museum. Minor annotations appear in graphite.
Subject: Palaeontology
Written by Bevan at Leighton Buzzard [Bedfordshire, England] and addressed to Banks in Soho Square, London. Postmarked 8 December 1817. Read to the Royal Society on 12 March 1818.
- Reference number
- AP/8A/2
- Earliest possible date
- 06 December 1817
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Unpublished letter, 'An account of the discovery of some fossils in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire' from B [Benjamin] Bevan to the President [Sir Joseph Banks], 06 December 1817, AP/8A/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_8a_2/unpublished-letter-an-account-of-the-discovery-of-some-fossils-in-leicestershire-and-northamptonshire-from-b-benjamin-bevan-to-the-president-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 09 February 2026
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Archived papers: volume 8A, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1813-1819
1809-1819 Reference number: AP/8A
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