Letter, 'Of Herculaneum' from William Freeman to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/2/109

Date: 11 September 1750

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Subject: Archaeology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An extract of a letter, dated May 2, 1750, from Mr. Freeman at Naples, to the Right Honourable the Lady Mary Capel, relating to the ruins of Herculaneum'

Read 21 February 1751

Reference number: L&P/2/109
Earliest possible date: 11 September 1750
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 12 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of Herculaneum' from William Freeman to Cromwell Mortimer, 11 September 1750, L&P/2/109, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_109/letter-of-herculaneum-from-william-freeman-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 11 February 2026

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XVIII. An extract of a letter, dated May 2, 1750, from Mr. Freeman at Naples, to the Right Honourable the Lady Mary Capel, relating to the ruins of Herculaneum External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1752

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1751.0019

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 2 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1749-1755 Reference number: L&P/2

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Cromwell Mortimer
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