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RefNoRBO/8/26
LevelItem
TitleAn account of what happened to a child on swallowing two Copper farthings by Henry Underhill
Date1695
DescriptionThat Henry Underhill's son, William, swallowed two farthings when he was three years old
Read to the Royal Society on 15 May 1695
LanguageEnglish
Extent2 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialJBO/9/189
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 20, no 246 (1698), p 424
RelatedRecordCLP/14i/41
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