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Letter, 'Of elephants teeth' from Peter Collinson to Matthew Maty

Reference number: L&P/4/413

Date: 19 November 1767

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Subject: Zoology

Read 26 November 1767

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L&P/4/413
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19 November 1767
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Ink on paper
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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Peter Collinson

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Peter Collinson, Letter, 'Of elephants teeth' from Peter Collinson to Matthew Maty, 19 November 1767, L&P/4/413, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_413/letter-of-elephants-teeth-from-peter-collinson-to-matthew-maty, accessed on 03 October 2024

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