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Letter, 'Extract of a letter' from Carolus Linnaeus to Thomas Pennant

Reference number: L&P/3/239

Date: 22 February 1757

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Subject: Correspondence

Read 28 April 1757

Reference number
L&P/3/239
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22 February 1757
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Carl Linnaeus

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Carl Linnaeus, Letter, 'Extract of a letter' from Carolus Linnaeus to Thomas Pennant, 22 February 1757, L&P/3/239, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_239/letter-extract-of-a-letter-from-carolus-linnaeus-to-thomas-pennant, accessed on 11 December 2024

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