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Letter, 'Of a monstrous sheep with a horn near a yard long' from John Bevis to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/2/297

Date: 14 May 1752

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Subject: Zoology

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L&P/2/297
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14 May 1752
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2 pages
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John Bevis

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John Bevis, Letter, 'Of a monstrous sheep with a horn near a yard long' from John Bevis to Thomas Birch, 14 May 1752, L&P/2/297, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_297/letter-of-a-monstrous-sheep-with-a-horn-near-a-yard-long-from-john-bevis-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 11 September 2024

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