Letter, from Thomas Hyde to Edmond Halley
Reference number: EL/H3/79
Date: 09 February 1693

Description
Enquiry about whether the library has any Persian manuscripts because he is writing a book about the religion of old Persia; would like extracts from any manuscripts written in unusual languages
Read to the Royal Society on 14 February 1693
- Reference number
- EL/H3/79
- Earliest possible date
- 09 February 1693
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator name
Thomas Hyde
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Thomas Hyde, Letter, from Thomas Hyde to Edmond Halley, 09 February 1693, EL/H3/79, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_79/letter-from-thomas-hyde-to-edmond-halley, accessed on 06 February 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Edmond Halley
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