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Letter, 'On his travels through Italy' from Robert More to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/2/141

Date: 05 June 1750

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Subject: Travel/Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Robert More Esq to the President, containing several curious remarks in his travels through Italy'

Read 14 June 1750

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L&P/2/141
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05 June 1750
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert More

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Robert More, Letter, 'On his travels through Italy' from Robert More to Martin Folkes, 05 June 1750, L&P/2/141, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_141/letter-on-his-travels-through-italy-from-robert-more-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 20 September 2024

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