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Archaeology

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

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Letter from Leonard Horner to [Samuel Birch], 18 August 1861

 Item — Box CLX-A-1593
Identifier: Coll-1848/21-0038
Scope and Contents

This is an autograph letter signed from Leonard Horner to [Samuel Birch], dated 18 August 1861, Bury St Edmonds. The letter relates to the hypothesis that burnt bricks were known in Egypt before the time of the Romans, which Birch, Lyell and Horner defended against Archdeacon John Pratt.

Dates: 18 August 1861