Record

RefNoRBO/15/25
AltRefNoRBO.15.162
LevelItem
Title'An Essay towards the present State of Algiers by the Reverend Mr Thomas Shaw in a Letter to Sir Hans Sloane'
Date1730
DescriptionDetails about the government of Algiers, the army, yearly taxes, shipping, the mole at Algiers,
Read to the Royal Society on 14 January 1730
LanguageEnglish
Extent10 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialContinued in RBO/15/72 page 327
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1114Shaw; Thomas (1694 - 1751)1694 - 1751
NA8406Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector1660 - 1753
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