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Letter, 'Account of an infant musician' from Charles Burney to William Hunter

Reference number: L&P/7/91

Date: 09 February 1779

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Subject: Physiology/Curiosities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of an infant musician'

Read 18 February 1779

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L&P/7/91
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09 February 1779
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Ink on paper
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35 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Burney

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Charles Burney, Letter, 'Account of an infant musician' from Charles Burney to William Hunter, 09 February 1779, L&P/7/91, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_91/letter-account-of-an-infant-musician-from-charles-burney-to-william-hunter, accessed on 07 December 2024

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