| RefNo | CLP/16/53/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, regarding a chimney piece from John [Mordaunt] Cope to Alexander Stuart |
| Date | 25 February 1734 |
| Description | Cope discusses a chimney piece, which he dates to 1016, and which Stuart and [Cromwell] Mortimer have suggested is 'the most early instance of the Indian characters being used in England'.
Subject: Antiquities
Read to the Royal Society on 4 April 1734
Written by Cope at African House [Africa House], London |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/19/24 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA301 | Stuart; Alexander (c 1673 - 1742) | c 1673 - 1742 |
| NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |
| NA867 | Cope; Sir; John Mordaunt (1731 - 1779) | 1731 - 1779 |