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'Description of the Lapland Drums and manner of using them; of the Negroes [sic] burying their Dead and their way of telling whether they come to untimely deaths'

Reference number: RBO/9/58

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RBO/9/58
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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'Description of the Lapland Drums and manner of using them; of the Negroes [sic] burying their Dead and their way of telling whether they come to untimely deaths', RBO/9/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_9_58/description-of-the-lapland-drums-and-manner-of-using-them-of-the-negroes-sic-burying-their-dead-and-their-way-of-telling-whether-they-come-to-untimely-deaths, accessed on 15 October 2026

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