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Letter, 'Of antiquities discovered at Herculaneum' from John Nixon to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/3/221

Date: 1757

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Subject: Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some of the antiquities discovered at Herculaneum, &c. In a letter to Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. By John Nixon, A. M. F. R. S'

Read 24 February 1757

Reference number
L&P/3/221
Earliest possible date
1757
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
36 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of antiquities discovered at Herculaneum' from John Nixon to Thomas Birch, 1757, L&P/3/221, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_221/letter-of-antiquities-discovered-at-herculaneum-from-john-nixon-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 08 May 2026

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