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Paper, 'On the production of ambergirs; with covering letter from William Fawkener to Joseph Banks' by the Privy Council for Trade

Reference number: L&P/9/184

Date: 13 January 1791

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Subject: Agriculture

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the production of ambergris. A communication from the committee of council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign plantations; with a prefatory letter from William Fawkener, Esq. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'

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L&P/9/184
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13 January 1791
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Paper, 'On the production of ambergirs; with covering letter from William Fawkener to Joseph Banks' by the Privy Council for Trade, 13 January 1791, L&P/9/184, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_184/paper-on-the-production-of-ambergirs-with-covering-letter-from-william-fawkener-to-joseph-banks-by-the-privy-council-for-trade, accessed on 11 November 2025

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