Letter from Vassily Nikitich Tatishchev to John Thorpe
Reference code
THO/57/130
Title
Letter from Vassily Nikitich Tatishchev to John Thorpe
Date
12 June 1749
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Translation of the Russian letter in MSS/0199/bis*, Section V, item 9, Concerning his history of Russia (published, 4 vols., Moscow, 1768-84). With a note by John Thorpe, junior, identifying Tatishchev and saying that this translation, with the original letter, had been presented to him by Robert Dingley, FRS, in 1772.
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