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Autograph letter with an account of a woman, Joanna Crippen of Chardstock in Dorset, who, having lost her way during a snow storm, was discovered buried under 4 foot of snow, and then recovered from the experience
Read to the Royal Society on 30 April 1713
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 28, no 337, p 265

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EL/B2/67
Earliest possible date
15 February 1709
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Bowdich

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Samuel Bowdich, Letter, from Samuel Bowdich to William Musgrave, dated at Chardstock, 15 February 1709, EL/B2/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_67/letter-from-samuel-bowdich-to-william-musgrave-dated-at-chardstock, accessed on 13 November 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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