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Letter, from [Martin] Martin to Hans Sloane

Reference number: EL/M2/17

Date: 16 January 1700

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Recounting strange events in the Isles of Sky and Harris eg about 'second sight', a cock that never crows, that oil of dogfish cures a cow's cough

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EL/M2/17
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16 January 1700
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Martin Martin

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Martin Martin, Letter, from [Martin] Martin to Hans Sloane, 16 January 1700, EL/M2/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_17/letter-from-martin-martin-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 16 April 2026

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