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Reference code
GB 891 RAS GOV7-RAS GOV7/4
Title
Letter from the Reverend Dr. Stevenson on [Samashtian] Coins
Date(s)
- 14th Oct 1846 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 page handwritten
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Biographical history
John Stevenson was born in Alton Campsie, Stirlingshire, on 3 November 1798 He trained as a minister becoming a missionary in India and an Indologist. After ordination in 1823 he was sent by the Scottish Missionary Society to their new Bombay Mission,… read more
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Scope and content
'Copy of a letter from the Reverend Dr. Stevenson, addressed to Colonel Sykes, dated Poona (Pune), 14 October 1846, on [Samashtian] Coins'. Stevenson explains how the coins were found in an uncultivated field and brought to auction in Pune. He bought 100.… read more
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- Stevenson John 1798-1858 (Subject)