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Letter, from Ralph Thoresby to Martin Lister, dated at Leeds

Reference number: EL/T/52

Date: 11 November 1696

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Concerning the discovery of Roman pottery near Leeds, Yorkshire
Read to the Royal Society on 25 November 1696

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EL/T/52
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11 November 1696
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Ralph Thoresby

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Ralph Thoresby, Letter, from Ralph Thoresby to Martin Lister, dated at Leeds, 11 November 1696, EL/T/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_52/letter-from-ralph-thoresby-to-martin-lister-dated-at-leeds, accessed on 20 January 2025

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