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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

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RBO/15/25
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1730
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10 pages
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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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