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Letter, 'Narrative of a fall into an abandoned coal-pit near Glasgow' from George Spearing to Charles Blagden

Reference number: L&P/9/52

Date: 28 November 1786

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Subject: Curiosities

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Reference number
L&P/9/52
Earliest possible date
28 November 1786
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Narrative of a fall into an abandoned coal-pit near Glasgow' from George Spearing to Charles Blagden, 28 November 1786, L&P/9/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_52/letter-narrative-of-a-fall-into-an-abandoned-coal-pit-near-glasgow-from-george-spearing-to-charles-blagden, accessed on 16 March 2026

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