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Account of preserved dead bodies from part of a letter from Charles Balguy to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: EL/B3/29

Date: 1734

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The account is based on previous letters (EL/B3/27and EL/B3/28) about the dead bodies of a man and woman found in Derbyshire, which were preserved for 49 years
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 38, no 434, p 413

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EL/B3/29
Earliest possible date
1734
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Balguy

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Charles Balguy, Account of preserved dead bodies from part of a letter from Charles Balguy to Cromwell Mortimer, 1734, EL/B3/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_29/account-of-preserved-dead-bodies-from-part-of-a-letter-from-charles-balguy-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 04 December 2025

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