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Subject: Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extracts of two letters from Mr. Tho. Knowlton to Mr. Mark Catesby, F. R. S. concerning the situation of the ancient town Delgovicia; and of two men of an extraordinary bulk and weight'

Read 6 March 1746

Reference number
L&P/1/460
Earliest possible date
1745
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'The state of Delgovicia' from Thomas Knowlton to Mark Catesby, 1745, L&P/1/460, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_460/letter-the-state-of-delgovicia-from-thomas-knowlton-to-mark-catesby, accessed on 14 November 2024

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