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Letter, 'Of the sea porcupine caterpillar' from F G Roederer to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/2/185

Date: 21 August 1749

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Subject: Zoology

Read 14 March 1750

Reference number
L&P/2/185
Earliest possible date
21 August 1749
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Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the sea porcupine caterpillar' from F G Roederer to Cromwell Mortimer, 21 August 1749, L&P/2/185, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_185/letter-of-the-sea-porcupine-caterpillar-from-f-g-roederer-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 20 July 2025

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