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Letter, 'Legendary acct. of cockatrice' from Benjamin Cooke to Peter Collinson

Reference number: L&P/1/454

Date: 20 February 1743

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Subject: Zoology

Read 27 February 1746

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L&P/1/454
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20 February 1743
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Benjamin Cooke

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Benjamin Cooke, Letter, 'Legendary acct. of cockatrice' from Benjamin Cooke to Peter Collinson, 20 February 1743, L&P/1/454, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_454/letter-legendary-acct-of-cockatrice-from-benjamin-cooke-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 11 February 2025

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