Letter, regarding a chimney piece from John [Mordaunt] Cope to Alexander Stuart

Reference number: CLP/16/53/1

Date: 25 February 1734

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Cope discusses a chimney piece, which he dates to 1016, and which Stuart and [Cromwell] Mortimer have suggested is 'the most early instance of the Indian characters being used in England'.

Subject: Antiquities

Read to the Royal Society on 4 April 1734

Written by Cope at African House [Africa House], London

Reference number: CLP/16/53/1
Earliest possible date: 25 February 1734
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Mordaunt Cope

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John Mordaunt Cope, Letter, regarding a chimney piece from John [Mordaunt] Cope to Alexander Stuart, 25 February 1734, CLP/16/53/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_16_53_1/letter-regarding-a-chimney-piece-from-john-mordaunt-cope-to-alexander-stuart, accessed on 15 March 2025

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'Some considerations on the Antiquity and Use of the Indian Characters or Figures' by Mr Cope
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Classified papers of the Royal Society
1660-1741 Reference number: CLP
Classified papers: volume 16 concerning 'Grammar, Chronology, History, Antiquities'
1657; 1676-1740 Reference number: CLP/16
Papers, regarding the dating of antiquities at Widgel Hall, Hertfordshire, England by John [Mordaunt] Cope
25 February 1734 Creator: John Mordaunt Cope Reference number: CLP/16/53

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