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Paper, 'Of a remarkable sepulchral monument found near Ashford in Derbyshire' by Samuel Watt

Reference number: L&P/4/113

Date: 15 October 1761

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Subject: Archaeology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a remarkable monument found near Ashford in Derbyshire: In a letter from the Reverend Mr. Evatt, of Ashford, to Mr. Whitehurst, of Derby. Communicated by Benjamin Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S'

Read 13 May 1762

Reference number
L&P/4/113
Earliest possible date
15 October 1761
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Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of a remarkable sepulchral monument found near Ashford in Derbyshire' by Samuel Watt, 15 October 1761, L&P/4/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_113/paper-of-a-remarkable-sepulchral-monument-found-near-ashford-in-derbyshire-by-samuel-watt, accessed on 15 March 2025

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