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Letter, 'Some rare British birds' from Daines Barrington to Charles Morton

Reference number: L&P/5/163

Date: 14 March 1770

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Subject: Zoology

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L&P/5/163
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14 March 1770
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Daines Barrington

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Daines Barrington, Letter, 'Some rare British birds' from Daines Barrington to Charles Morton, 14 March 1770, L&P/5/163, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_163/letter-some-rare-british-birds-from-daines-barrington-to-charles-morton, accessed on 09 September 2026

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