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Letter, 'Of cobwebs and cattle disorders' from John Payne to Peter Collinson

Reference number: L&P/1/439

Date: 22 December 1745

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Subject: Zoology

Read 9 January 1756

Reference number
L&P/1/439
Earliest possible date
22 December 1745
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of cobwebs and cattle disorders' from John Payne to Peter Collinson, 22 December 1745, L&P/1/439, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_439/letter-of-cobwebs-and-cattle-disorders-from-john-payne-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 15 June 2025

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