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Paper, 'Rock inscription near Boston, Massachusetts' by John Winthrop

Reference number: L&P/6/119

Date: 14 November 1774

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Contains plate.

Subject: Archaeology

Read 25 May 1775

Reference number
L&P/6/119
Earliest possible date
14 November 1774
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Winthrop

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John Winthrop, Paper, 'Rock inscription near Boston, Massachusetts' by John Winthrop, 14 November 1774, L&P/6/119, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_119/paper-rock-inscription-near-boston-massachusetts-by-john-winthrop, accessed on 28 April 2025

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