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Letter, 'Matters observed at Constantinople' from James Porter to Caspar Wetstein

Reference number: L&P/3/9

Date: 15 February 1755

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Subject: Anthropology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Queries sent to a friend in Constantinople; by Dr. Maty, F. R. S.; and answered by his Excellency James Porter, Esq; his Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, and F. R. S'

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L&P/3/9
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15 February 1755
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James Porter

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James Porter, Letter, 'Matters observed at Constantinople' from James Porter to Caspar Wetstein, 15 February 1755, L&P/3/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_9/letter-matters-observed-at-constantinople-from-james-porter-to-caspar-wetstein, accessed on 18 April 2025

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