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XKWH - Humphreys Bequest - 12th century-20th century
B - Manuscripts arranged into date sequences according to century - 1413-1946
18 - Nineteenth century manuscripts - 19th century
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KWH/B/18/318
Title
Letter from John Shirley, Lincoln, to unidentified correspondents
Extent
1 item
Date
1860
Description
Addressed to 'Gentlemen', he offer for sale a pig born with an elephant's head: Maunder's elephant had previously been in Lincoln and had frightened a heavily pregant sow; the freak only lived thrree days
15 December 1860
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Open
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