Letter from Mr Kempton
Reference code
SAL/01/02/33/03
Title
Letter from Mr Kempton
Date
1833
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Relating to a drawing of a section of Roman wall discovered near Eastcheap with a description of two coins found at the same location. There is also an account of the history of the Boar’s Head Tavern.
The drawing was exhibited at the meeting of 5th Dec 1833: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.036.097
A full account of the Roman objects discussed are mentioned in an earlier paper published by the Society, Vol.24, 1832, pp.190-202: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/D2B721B0FCD9644B3857D5F4812DECFA/S0261340900018671a.pdf/vi-an-account-of-various-roman-antiquities-discovered-on-the-site-of-the-church-of-st-michael-crooked-lane-and-in-eastcheap-in-forming-the-northern-approaches-of-the-new-london-bridge-communicated-by-.pdf
The coins and wall themselves cannot be confidently identified.
The drawing was exhibited at the meeting of 5th Dec 1833: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.036.097
A full account of the Roman objects discussed are mentioned in an earlier paper published by the Society, Vol.24, 1832, pp.190-202: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/D2B721B0FCD9644B3857D5F4812DECFA/S0261340900018671a.pdf/vi-an-account-of-various-roman-antiquities-discovered-on-the-site-of-the-church-of-st-michael-crooked-lane-and-in-eastcheap-in-forming-the-northern-approaches-of-the-new-london-bridge-communicated-by-.pdf
The coins and wall themselves cannot be confidently identified.
Creator
Kempton (fl 1833)