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Paper, 'Fraudes committed about hides and leather expressed in the statutes' by [Daniel] Colwall

Reference number: CLP/3i/12

Date: 1663

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Colwall describes rules relating to hides and leather that must be abided by butchers and tanners, citing parts of the Bible to support these rules.

Subject: Industry / Trade

Read to the Royal Society on 23 March 1663.

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CLP/3i/12
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1663
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Daniel Colwall

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Daniel Colwall, Paper, 'Fraudes committed about hides and leather expressed in the statutes' by [Daniel] Colwall, 1663, CLP/3i/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_12/paper-fraudes-committed-about-hides-and-leather-expressed-in-the-statutes-by-daniel-colwall, accessed on 23 March 2025

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