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Letter, from Thomas Hearne to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford

Reference number: EL/H3/90

Date: 25 January 1710

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Wishes the reference to Dr Woodward's shield be removed from his letter concerning Thoresby's antiquities found in Yorkshire

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EL/H3/90
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25 January 1710
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Thomas Hearne

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Thomas Hearne, Letter, from Thomas Hearne to Hans Sloane, dated at Oxford, 25 January 1710, EL/H3/90, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_90/letter-from-thomas-hearne-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 21 March 2025

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