Letter, 'Of fossil elephant bones found in Sheppy' from Jacob to James Parsons
Reference number: L&P/2/516
Date: 20 November 1753
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Subject: Archaeology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of several bones of an elephant found at Leysdown in the lsland of Sheppey. In two letters from Mr. Jacob, Surgeon at Feversham, to James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S. dated May 24, 1754.'
Read 24 May 1754
- Reference number
- L&P/2/516
- Earliest possible date
- 20 November 1753
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, 'Of fossil elephant bones found in Sheppy' from Jacob to James Parsons, 20 November 1753, L&P/2/516, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_516/letter-of-fossil-elephant-bones-found-in-sheppy-from-jacob-to-james-parsons, accessed on 12 December 2024
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