File TJN/1/18 - Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Richard Clarke, 26 August 1846

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GB 891 TJN-TJN/1-TJN/1/18

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Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Richard Clarke, 26 August 1846

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  • 26th Aug 1846 (Creation)

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2 pieces 5 sides +1 computer printed sheet handwritten

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Thomas John Newbold
(1807-1850)

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Richard Clarke, Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose a facsimile of the sun-dial of the Mosque of Jebel-Gheyushi near Cairo and a copy of an inscription from the Hippicus or Tower of David at Jerusalem. These are with the letter. He describes the dial and the positioning of the inscription. He writes that he has just returned from Petra. With the letter is a transcription.

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  • Arabic

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