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Letter, 'Of fossil deer's horns found in Yorkshire' from Thomas Knowlton to Mark Catesby

Reference number: L&P/1/465

Date: 1746

Description

Contains two illustrations.

Subject: Archaeology/Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of two extraordinary Deers Horns, found under-ground in different parts of Yorkshire; in a letter from Mr. Tho. Knowlton, to Mr. Mark Catesby, F. R. S'

Read 13 March 1746

Reference number
L&P/1/465
Earliest possible date
1746
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of fossil deer's horns found in Yorkshire' from Thomas Knowlton to Mark Catesby, 1746, L&P/1/465, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_465/letter-of-fossil-deers-horns-found-in-yorkshire-from-thomas-knowlton-to-mark-catesby, accessed on 19 August 2026

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