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Letter, 'Of two Roman inscriptions found at Netherby' from John Taylor to Charles Lyttelton

Reference number: L&P/4/159

Date: 28 April 1763

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Subject: Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on two antient Roman inscriptions discovered at Netherby in Cumberland: In a letter to the Right Rev. Charles Lord Bishop of Carlisle, F. R. S. from the Reverend John Taylor, LL. D. Canon residentiary of St. Paul's, and chancellor of the diocese of Lincoln.'

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L&P/4/159
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28 April 1763
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22 pages
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Manuscript

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John Taylor

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John Taylor, Letter, 'Of two Roman inscriptions found at Netherby' from John Taylor to Charles Lyttelton, 28 April 1763, L&P/4/159, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_159/letter-of-two-roman-inscriptions-found-at-netherby-from-john-taylor-to-charles-lyttelton, accessed on 05 October 2024

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