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Paper, 'Of the East Indian elks' by James Parsons and Peter Collinson

Reference number: L&P/4/349

Date: 26 February 1766

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Subject: Zoology

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L&P/4/349
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26 February 1766
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Parsons

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Peter Collinson

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James Parsons, Peter Collinson, Paper, 'Of the East Indian elks' by James Parsons and Peter Collinson, 26 February 1766, L&P/4/349, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_349/paper-of-the-east-indian-elks-by-james-parsons-and-peter-collinson, accessed on 23 June 2025

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