Letter, from John Downes to Mr [Philip] Skippon, dated at Rome
Reference number: EL/D1/9
Date: 09 February 1668

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Downes sends a box of insects and gives details about a viper which bit a dog
- Reference number
- EL/D1/9
- Earliest possible date
- 09 February 1668
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Downes, Letter, from John Downes to Mr [Philip] Skippon, dated at Rome, 09 February 1668, EL/D1/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d1_9/letter-from-john-downes-to-mr-philip-skippon-dated-at-rome, accessed on 10 February 2025
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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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Philip Skippon
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John Downes
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