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Paper, 'The ancient Bridewell of Norwich; of an inscribed Roman metal plate found at Menteu, 14 miles from Turin & of a vast bone in Norwich' by Henry Baker

Reference number: L&P/1/422

Date: 30 October 1745

Description

Contains plate.

Subject: Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. to Martin Folkes, Esq; President of the Royal Society, concerning the ancient Bridewell at Norwich'

Read 7 November 1745

Reference number
L&P/1/422
Earliest possible date
30 October 1745
Physical description
Ink on paper with plate
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Henry Baker

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Henry Baker, Paper, 'The ancient Bridewell of Norwich; of an inscribed Roman metal plate found at Menteu, 14 miles from Turin & of a vast bone in Norwich' by Henry Baker, 30 October 1745, L&P/1/422, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_422/paper-the-ancient-bridewell-of-norwich-of-an-inscribed-roman-metal-plate-found-at-menteu-14-miles-from-turin-of-a-vast-bone-in-norwich-by-henry-baker, accessed on 06 December 2024

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