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Examination of an Inscription, &c.
notwithstanding the assiduous and commendable endeavours of many learned men to rescue their names from oblivion[1].
But it is high time for me to finish my surmises, queries, and remarks, on this subject. They will, I trust, amuse you, and tend to convince you, if not of my ability, yet of my readiness to engage in a long task that resulted from your desiring me to examine the much talked of old date on the Preston Hall barn. Whether what I have written may be thought of sufficient importance to be communicated to our intelligent and respectable brethren at Somerset Place, is submitted to the judgment of Mr. Director, by
Dear Sir,
Your faithful
and obliged Servant,
Wilmington,
November 22, 1796.
SAM. DENNE.
- ↑ See Philosophical Transactions, No 439, Article III. Some Considerations on the Antiquity and Use of the Indian Characters and Figures. By Mr. John Cope.
XI. Additional
