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Letter, from Thomas Hearne [to the Royal Society], dated at Oxford

Reference number: EL/H3/89

Date: 03 January 1710

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Concerning the possible publication of his letter about the instruments of antiquity which Thoresby had found in Yorkshire
Read to the Royal Society on 11 January 1709

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EL/H3/89
Earliest possible date
03 January 1710
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1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Thomas Hearne

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Thomas Hearne, Letter, from Thomas Hearne [to the Royal Society], dated at Oxford, 03 January 1710, EL/H3/89, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_89/letter-from-thomas-hearne-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 08 March 2026

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