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Letter, 'Remarkable case of a doe killed' from Thomas Knight to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/3/358

Date: 08 January 1759

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Subject: Zoology

Read 25 February 1759

Reference number
L&P/3/358
Earliest possible date
08 January 1759
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Remarkable case of a doe killed' from Thomas Knight to the Royal Society, 08 January 1759, L&P/3/358, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_358/letter-remarkable-case-of-a-doe-killed-from-thomas-knight-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 11 February 2026

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