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Letter, 'An account of the Romansh language' from Joseph Planta to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/6/141

Date: 1775

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Subject: Linguistics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the Romansh language. By Joseph Planta, F.R.S. In a letter to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P.R.S'

Read 16 November 1775

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L&P/6/141
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1775
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Ink on paper
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22 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph Planta

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Joseph Planta, Letter, 'An account of the Romansh language' from Joseph Planta to John Pringle, 1775, L&P/6/141, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_141/letter-an-account-of-the-romansh-language-from-joseph-planta-to-john-pringle, accessed on 21 January 2025

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