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Letter, 'Of the periodical appearences of locusts' from Peter Collinson to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/2/133

Date: 1750

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Subject: Zoology

Read 17 May 1750

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L&P/2/133
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1750
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Peter Collinson

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Peter Collinson, Letter, 'Of the periodical appearences of locusts' from Peter Collinson to Martin Folkes, 1750, L&P/2/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_133/letter-of-the-periodical-appearences-of-locusts-from-peter-collinson-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 19 July 2026

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