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Letter, from Samuel Dale to Edward Lhwyd, dated at Braintree

Reference number: EL/D1/39

Date: 01 February 1703

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Concerning the geology of the cliffs of Harwich and of the fossils found there
Two letters from Lhywd to Dale are printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 24, no 291, p 1566

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EL/D1/39
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01 February 1703
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13 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Dale

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Samuel Dale, Letter, from Samuel Dale to Edward Lhwyd, dated at Braintree, 01 February 1703, EL/D1/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d1_39/letter-from-samuel-dale-to-edward-lhwyd-dated-at-braintree, accessed on 18 August 2026

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