Letter, from Paul Dudley to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Bolton
Reference number: EL/D2/68
Date: 24 December 1736
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States that he has obtained ambergris from a whale and sends a sample on to the Royal Society
- Reference number
- EL/D2/68
- Earliest possible date
- 24 December 1736
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Paul Dudley, Letter, from Paul Dudley to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Bolton, 24 December 1736, EL/D2/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d2_68/letter-from-paul-dudley-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-bolton, accessed on 29 April 2025
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Paper, 'An essay upon the natural history of whales with a particular account of the amber-greese found in the Sperma Ceti Whale' by Paul Dudley, dated at Roxburg
Creator: Paul Dudley Reference number: EL/D1/85
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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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Cromwell Mortimer
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Paul Dudley
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