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

Reference number: EL/T/53

Date: 30 October 1697

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Concerning discovery of Roman urns, bricks and pavements in Yorkshire
Read to the Royal Society on 10 November 1697

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EL/T/53
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30 October 1697
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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, 30 October 1697, EL/T/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_53/letter-from-ralph-thoresby-to-martin-lister-dated-at-leeds, accessed on 13 December 2024

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