'An Essay towards the present State of Algiers by the Reverend Mr Thomas Shaw in a Letter to Sir Hans Sloane'
Reference number: RBO/15/25
Date: 1730
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Details about the government of Algiers, the army, yearly taxes, shipping, the mole at Algiers,
Read to the Royal Society on 14 January 1730
- Reference number
- RBO/15/25
- Earliest possible date
- 1730
- Page extent
- 10 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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'An Essay towards the present State of Algiers by the Reverend Mr Thomas Shaw in a Letter to Sir Hans Sloane', 1730, RBO/15/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_15_25/an-essay-towards-the-present-state-of-algiers-by-the-reverend-mr-thomas-shaw-in-a-letter-to-sir-hans-sloane, accessed on 08 March 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 15, copies of papers communicated 1730-1731
1730-1731 Reference number: RBO/15
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