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Paper, 'Observations on the York bills of mortality for 1780' by William White

Reference number: L&P/7/224

Date: 08 September 1781

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Subject: Demography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the bills of mortality at York'

Read 6 December 1781

Reference number
L&P/7/224
Earliest possible date
08 September 1781
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observations on the York bills of mortality for 1780' by William White, 08 September 1781, L&P/7/224, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_224/paper-observations-on-the-york-bills-of-mortality-for-1780-by-william-white, accessed on 08 October 2026

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