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Letter, 'Of two celts from a bog near Castle Jane' from Richard Pococke to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/4/136

Date: 15 December 1762

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Subject: Geography

Read 27 January 1763

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L&P/4/136
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15 December 1762
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Ink on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Richard Pococke

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Richard Pococke, Letter, 'Of two celts from a bog near Castle Jane' from Richard Pococke to George Parker, 15 December 1762, L&P/4/136, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_136/letter-of-two-celts-from-a-bog-near-castle-jane-from-richard-pococke-to-george-parker, accessed on 21 January 2025

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