Henry Elking to Hans Sloane – August 6, 1726
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Date: August 6, 1726 Author: Henry Elking Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048 Folio: ff. 183-184
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English
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British Library, London
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Collections, Curiosity Reports
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Animals, Greenland, Specimens, Walrus
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August 6, 1726
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South Sea Comp:ni Dock
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Elking sends ‘the head of a Wallross’ preserved in ‘Salt Pickle’. He describes the specimen and how he got it to Sloane. A ship from Greenland is supposed to deliver an ‘uncommon’ specimen soon.
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