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RefNoEL/C2/18
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from William Cole to Robert Southwell, dated at Bradfield dated at Bradfield
CreatorCole; William; naturalist; surveyor of customs; of Bristol; owner of an estate at Hullavington, Wiltshire
Date14 July 1693
DescriptionCole discusses his observations about the changes in scarabs, about figured stones in large beds on the bank of the Avon, concerning oyster shells and cockle shells, and concerning a cuckoo's egg in a sparrow's nest
Read to the Royal Society on 19 July 1693
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Place originBradfield Manor, Hullavington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Origin coordinates51.53778, -2.15163
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in LBC/28/455
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/f13f2ae8-7125-4eea-a9f2-4da5c3702bf1
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8282Southwell; Sir; Robert (1635 - 1702); diplomat and government official1635 - 1702
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