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Add. MS a/211/44
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Incomplete letter from Henry Rawlinson
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- [before 20 Nov. 1856] (Creation)
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3 pp.
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The last pages of a letter signed by Rawlinson, describing his use of muriatic acid on a cylinder [a cuneiform tablet belonging to Trinity College Library], and his plans to translate the text, which is deposited in the Medal Room of the British Museum. Thanks him for allowing him the chance to examine it.
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A letter dated 20 Nov. 1856 from William Whewell to Henry Fox Talbot in the British Museum refers to Rawlinson's promise to return the cylinder accompanied by a translation.