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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some account of the charr-fish, as found in North-Wales. In a letter from the Rev. Mr. Farrington, of Dinas, near Caernarvon, to Mr. Thomas Collinson, of London. Communicated by Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S'

Read 29 May 1755

Reference number
L&P/3/26
Earliest possible date
1755
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the Charr of N. Wales' from Farrington to Thomas Collinson, 1755, L&P/3/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_26/letter-of-the-charr-of-n-wales-from-farrington-to-thomas-collinson, accessed on 10 May 2026

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