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Letter, 'The history of reindeer' from Daines Barrington to Charles Blagden

Reference number: L&P/6/46

Date: 30 December 1773

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Subject: Zoology

Read 14 April 1774

Reference number
L&P/6/46
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30 December 1773
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Ink on paper
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16 pages
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Manuscript

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Daines Barrington

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Daines Barrington, Letter, 'The history of reindeer' from Daines Barrington to Charles Blagden, 30 December 1773, L&P/6/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_46/letter-the-history-of-reindeer-from-daines-barrington-to-charles-blagden, accessed on 09 March 2026

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