Tweddell remains affair
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Tweddell remains affair
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The Tweddell remains affair was a British scandal that came to a head in the years 1815–17. It was a controversy over the papers, paintings and other possessions of John Tweddell, a young barrister and scholar who had died in 1799 in Athens. It was conducted mostly by publications in periodicals and a book by Robert Tweddell, who directed animus for the apparent neglect of the remains at Lord Elgin. William St Clair calls the affair a "first-class scandal". In the background, the Levant Company
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19th century British controversy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweddell_remains_affair
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2023-03-16T11:33:04Z
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