Letter, from Cotton Mather to James Jurin
Reference number: EL/M2/39
Date: 05 June 1723
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Details about the ancient city of Joppe and Jonah; whether Jonah's whale was a shark like the one found off Cape Cod
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- EL/M2/39
- Earliest possible date
- 05 June 1723
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Cotton Mather, Cotton Mather, Letter, from Cotton Mather to James Jurin, 05 June 1723, EL/M2/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_39/letter-from-cotton-mather-to-james-jurin, accessed on 13 January 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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James Jurin
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Cotton Mather
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