Letter, from Edward Lhwyd to Martin Lister, dated at Pembroke
Reference number: EL/L5/123
Date: 05 June 1698
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Observations of some figured stones found in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire; discusses work by Pezron - that Greek, Roman and Celtic languages have a common origin - this agrees with Lhwyd's own observations on this subject, but that he had not worked out whether Celtic was the mother language
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- EL/L5/123
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- 05 June 1698
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Edward Lhuyd, Edward Lhwyd, Letter, from Edward Lhwyd to Martin Lister, dated at Pembroke, 05 June 1698, EL/L5/123, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_123/letter-from-edward-lhwyd-to-martin-lister-dated-at-pembroke, accessed on 11 April 2026
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