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Letter, 'Further account of the opossum by Dr M. of Urbana, VA., in answer to queries by Dr E. Milward & Dr J. Parsons FRS' from John Mitchell to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/468

Date: 08 July 1745

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Subject: Correspondence

Read 20 March 1746

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L&P/1/468
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08 July 1745
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13 pages
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Manuscript

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John Mitchell

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John Mitchell, Letter, 'Further account of the opossum by Dr M. of Urbana, VA., in answer to queries by Dr E. Milward & Dr J. Parsons FRS' from John Mitchell to the Royal Society, 08 July 1745, L&P/1/468, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_468/letter-further-account-of-the-opossum-by-dr-m-of-urbana-va-in-answer-to-queries-by-dr-e-milward-dr-j-parsons-frs-from-john-mitchell-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 04 December 2023

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