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RefNoEL/B2/46
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Benjamin Bullivant to James Petiver, dated at Boston
CreatorBullivant; Benjamin (fl 1698)
Date25 January 1698
DescriptionAutograph letter concerning observations about animal life found in Boston, New England eg. insects, tortoises, grasshoppers, frogs
Read to the Royal Society on 25 May 1698
Transcribed in LBO/11(2)/61
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', volume 20, number 240, page 167
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Origin coordinates42.35843, -71.05977
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1698.0025
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/0bbcf155-ecf2-4e94-a986-96235b6c56f0
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6857Petiver; James (c1663 - 1718); botanist and entomologistc1663 - 1718
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