Paper, 'Remarks upon an antient date at Widgel Hall near Buntingford in Hertfordshire [England]' by John Ward

Description

Ward writes: 'Upon the fourth of April, 1734, a curious draught of an antient [ancient] date carved in an oaken plank, at Widgel-Hall, the seat of Francis Gulston, Esq; was laid before an assembly of the Royal Society, as the most early instance of our common figures, usually called Arabian, which had ever been observed in England.' Table of characters and numbers attached.

Subject: History

Printed in Philosophical Transactions as 'Remarks upon an ancient date, found at Widgel-Hall near Buntingford Hertfordshire, on an oaken plank; now preserved in the Museum of the Royal Society, London''

Reference number

CLP/16/56

Earliest possible date

1735

Physical description

Ink on paper

Page extent

10 pages

Format

Manuscript