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Subject: Translation

Read 6 April 1769

Reference number
L&P/5/86
Earliest possible date
25 March 1769
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Stuart

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James Stuart, Letter, 'Of interpreting Egyptian hieroglyphics' from James Stuart to Charles Morton, 25 March 1769, L&P/5/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_86/letter-of-interpreting-egyptian-hieroglyphics-from-james-stuart-to-charles-morton, accessed on 14 November 2024

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