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Letter, 'Of Roman antiquities found at Bossens, St Erth, Cornwall' from William Borlase to Charles Lyttelton

Reference number: L&P/3/350

Date: 04 December 1758

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Subject: Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some antiquities found in Cornwall: in a letter from the Rev. William Borlase, M. A. F. R. S. to the Rev. Charles Lyttelton, L. L. D. Dean of Exeter.'

Read 11 January 1759

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L&P/3/350
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04 December 1758
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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William Borlase

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William Borlase, Letter, 'Of Roman antiquities found at Bossens, St Erth, Cornwall' from William Borlase to Charles Lyttelton, 04 December 1758, L&P/3/350, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_350/letter-of-roman-antiquities-found-at-bossens-st-erth-cornwall-from-william-borlase-to-charles-lyttelton, accessed on 18 March 2025

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