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Letter, from Paul Rycaut to Mr Ellis, dated at Thorne

Reference number: EL/R1/52

Date: 30 December 1698

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Account of a plague of sable mice in Thorne, Lapland
Read to the Royal Society on 26 April 1699

Reference number
EL/R1/52
Earliest possible date
30 December 1698
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Paul Rycaut

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Paul Rycaut, Letter, from Paul Rycaut to Mr Ellis, dated at Thorne, 30 December 1698, EL/R1/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_r1_52/letter-from-paul-rycaut-to-mr-ellis-dated-at-thorne, accessed on 10 December 2024

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