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Letter, from Cotton Mather to John Woodward

Reference number: EL/M2/47

Date: 21 September 1724

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Account about an 'amphisbaena' (a serpent with two heads) which was killed in Newbury, America; gives references to this animal in ancient texts

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EL/M2/47
Earliest possible date
21 September 1724
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Cotton Mather

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Cotton Mather, Cotton Mather, Letter, from Cotton Mather to John Woodward, 21 September 1724, EL/M2/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_47/letter-from-cotton-mather-to-john-woodward, accessed on 24 May 2025

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