Letter, regarding a chimney piece from John [Mordaunt] Cope to Alexander Stuart 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 25 February 1734