Item 23-25 - Papers relating to a Roman milestone donated to Trinity College

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Add. MS a/84/23-25

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Papers relating to a Roman milestone donated to Trinity College

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  • [1799-c 1810] (Creation)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Letter from Richard Gough presenting the milestone, dated May 1799, accompanied by an engraving depicting the milestone, and a fair copy of an explanation of the milestone, possibly originally an exhibit label. The milestone dates from Emperor Florian's reign and was found in 1785 in Water Newton, in the parish of Chesterton.

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      The milestone is on long-term loan to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge University, accession number D 1970.13.

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