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Letter, 'Of Minorca' from Alexander Small to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/6/171

Date: 08 August 1775

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Subject: Geography/Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Mr. Alexander Small, surgeon to the train of artillery at Minorca, to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P.R.S. Dated St. Philip's Aug. 8, 1775,'

Read 18 April 1776

Reference number
L&P/6/171
Earliest possible date
08 August 1775
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of Minorca' from Alexander Small to John Pringle, 08 August 1775, L&P/6/171, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_171/letter-of-minorca-from-alexander-small-to-john-pringle, accessed on 12 December 2024

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