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Description

Contains six figures.

Subject: Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An attempt by John Ward, Rhet. Prof. Gresh. & F. R. S. to explain some remains of antiquity lately found in Hertfordshire; and communicated to the Royal Society by William Freeman Esquire, one of their members, February the 14, 1745'

Read 4 April 1745

Reference number
L&P/1/382
Earliest possible date
1745
Physical description
Ink on paper and six traced figures in envelope
Page extent
19 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Ward

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John Ward, Paper, 'Of the antiquities (Roman silver) found at Barkway' by John Ward, 1745, L&P/1/382, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_382/paper-of-the-antiquities-roman-silver-found-at-barkway-by-john-ward, accessed on 11 December 2024

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