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Extract of a letter, from William Cole to Robert Southwell, dated at Hullavington

Reference number: EL/C2/16

Date: 15 March 1693

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Cole's observations of the cossus cossus (goat moths) that turned into scarabs
Read to the Royal Society on 5 April 1693

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EL/C2/16
Earliest possible date
15 March 1693
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Cole

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William Cole, Extract of a letter, from William Cole to Robert Southwell, dated at Hullavington, 15 March 1693, EL/C2/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c2_16/extract-of-a-letter-from-william-cole-to-robert-southwell-dated-at-hullavington, accessed on 14 June 2026

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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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