Letter, from Alexander Munro to William Cheselden, dated at Edinburgh
Reference number: EL/M2/60
Date: 01 March 1726
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Details of a post-mortem of a woman who carried coal from coal pits and was hanged for murdering her child
- Reference number
- EL/M2/60
- Earliest possible date
- 01 March 1726
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- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Alexander Munro, Letter, from Alexander Munro to William Cheselden, dated at Edinburgh, 01 March 1726, EL/M2/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_60/letter-from-alexander-munro-to-william-cheselden-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 10 December 2025
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William Cheselden
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