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Letter, 'Of West Indian insects' from Roger Pickering to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/1/255

Date: 02 February 1743

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Subject: Zoology

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L&P/1/255
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02 February 1743
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Ink on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Roger Pickering

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Roger Pickering, Letter, 'Of West Indian insects' from Roger Pickering to Cromwell Mortimer, 02 February 1743, L&P/1/255, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_255/letter-of-west-indian-insects-from-roger-pickering-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 12 October 2024

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