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Letter, from Edmond Halley to Hans Sloane, dated at Chester mint

Reference number: EL/H3/49

Date: 26 October 1696

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Stating that the information about a male greyhound voiding another animal, which looked like a whelp, was true; concerning the Roman altar piece dug up three years previously with its Latin inscription given; concerning the masonry of the buildings in Chester

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EL/H3/49
Earliest possible date
26 October 1696
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Edmond Halley

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Edmond Halley, Edmond Halley, Letter, from Edmond Halley to Hans Sloane, dated at Chester mint, 26 October 1696, EL/H3/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_49/letter-from-edmond-halley-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-chester-mint, accessed on 12 December 2025

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