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Letter, 'On the identity of the species of the dog, wolf and jackal' from John Hunter to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/9/129

Date: 1789

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A supplementary letter on the identity of the species of the dog, wolf, and jackal; from John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S. addressed to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'

Read 30 April 1789

Reference number
L&P/9/129
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1789
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Hunter

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John Hunter, Letter, 'On the identity of the species of the dog, wolf and jackal' from John Hunter to Joseph Banks, 1789, L&P/9/129, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_129/letter-on-the-identity-of-the-species-of-the-dog-wolf-and-jackal-from-john-hunter-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 16 March 2025

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