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Letter, from Zabdiel Boylstone [to the Royal Society], dated at Boston

Reference number: EL/B2/122

Date: 01 February 1726

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Autograph letter with an account of the horse who had a stone in its stomach
Boylstone sends his nephew with the stone to the Royal Society

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EL/B2/122
Earliest possible date
01 February 1726
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Zabdiel Boylstone

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Zabdiel Boylstone, Letter, from Zabdiel Boylstone [to the Royal Society], dated at Boston, 01 February 1726, EL/B2/122, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_122/letter-from-zabdiel-boylstone-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-boston, accessed on 02 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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