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Letter, 'Of the pheasant of Pennsylvania and the Otis minor' from George Edwards to Peter Collinson

Reference number: L&P/2/469

Date: 10 January 1754

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning the pheasant of Pensylvania, and the Otis minor'

Read 14 January 1754

Reference number
L&P/2/469
Earliest possible date
10 January 1754
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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George Edwards

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George Edwards, Letter, 'Of the pheasant of Pennsylvania and the Otis minor' from George Edwards to Peter Collinson, 10 January 1754, L&P/2/469, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_469/letter-of-the-pheasant-of-pennsylvania-and-the-otis-minor-from-george-edwards-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 25 April 2025

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