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Letter, 'Of a fossil fish from Antigua' from Arthur Pond to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/3/98

Date: 05 February 1756

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to the Right Hononrable George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, concerning the stones mentioned in the preceding article.'

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L&P/3/98
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05 February 1756
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Pond

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Arthur Pond, Letter, 'Of a fossil fish from Antigua' from Arthur Pond to George Parker, 05 February 1756, L&P/3/98, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_98/letter-of-a-fossil-fish-from-antigua-from-arthur-pond-to-george-parker, accessed on 21 January 2026

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