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Letter, 'Of a great black wasp from Pennsylvania' from John Bartram to Peter Collinson

Reference number: L&P/2/10

Date: 20 December 1749

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Contains two small engravings.

Subject: Zoology

Read 21 December 1749

Reference number
L&P/2/10
Earliest possible date
20 December 1749
Physical description
Ink on paper with engravings
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a great black wasp from Pennsylvania' from John Bartram to Peter Collinson, 20 December 1749, L&P/2/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_10/letter-of-a-great-black-wasp-from-pennsylvania-from-john-bartram-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 11 December 2024

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