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Letter, 'Of a very small monkey' from James Parsons to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/190

Date: 1751

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a very small monkey'

Read 18 April 1751

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L&P/2/190
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1751
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Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript

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James Parsons

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James Parsons, Letter, 'Of a very small monkey' from James Parsons to the Royal Society, 1751, L&P/2/190, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_190/letter-of-a-very-small-monkey-from-james-parsons-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 06 February 2025

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