Letter, from Patrick Blair to Hans Sloane, dated at Boston
Reference number: EL/B2/71
Date: 15 November 1725
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Autograph letter describing a fish, possibly a dogfish, which was seen at Boston, Lincolnshire
- Reference number
- EL/B2/71
- Earliest possible date
- 15 November 1725
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Patrick Blair, Patrick Blair, Letter, from Patrick Blair to Hans Sloane, dated at Boston, 15 November 1725, EL/B2/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_71/letter-from-patrick-blair-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-boston, accessed on 14 September 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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Hans Sloane
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Patrick Blair
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