Unidad documental compuesta RAS GOV7/4 - Letter from the Reverend Dr. Stevenson on [Samashtian] Coins

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GB 891 RAS GOV7-RAS GOV7/4

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Letter from the Reverend Dr. Stevenson on [Samashtian] Coins

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  • 14th Oct 1846 (Creación)

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1 page handwritten

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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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'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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