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Extract of a letter, from [Louis] Bourguet to Hans Sloane, dated at Neufshatel

Reference number: EL/B3/62

Date: 10 October 1737

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Correspondent states that he hopes to finish the translation of the third 'Tabula Eugubina of Dempster' and send it to the Etruscan Academy of Cortona for publication in their second volume of dissertations
Original letter, which now no longer exists, was in French

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EL/B3/62
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10 October 1737
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Louis Bourguet

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Louis Bourguet, Extract of a letter, from [Louis] Bourguet to Hans Sloane, dated at Neufshatel, 10 October 1737, EL/B3/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_62/extract-of-a-letter-from-louis-bourguet-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-neufshatel, accessed on 13 June 2025

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