Letter from Samuel Birch
Reference code
SAL/01/03/013/007
Title
Letter from Samuel Birch
Date
10 October 1850
Level of description
item
Extent and format
4 pp.
Scope and content
Letter mentions a drawing of an Egyptian item that belonged to Lord Northampton; receiving a letter from Hinks about opening a mummy; a jar with Roman inscriptions found at Chichester, for which a drawing is included.
Creator
Birch, Samuel (1813-1885), Egyptologist and antiquarian
Archival history
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