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Daniel/Box 1/5/171
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GB 275 Daniel/Box 1/5/171
Title
Photocopy of letter to GED from Peter (Costello), Dublin
Date(s)
- 11 October 1983 (Creation)
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5p paper
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Discusses a letter sent by GED concerning information given to GED by Lionel Woodhead, son? of Samuel Woodhead involved in the Piltdown Hoax. Questions much of the information, sets out his (Costello's) theories and urges GED to gain as much information as possible. Discusses other people involved in trying to solve the mystery. Also attached is an outline of dates relating to the Hoax, an obituary of Samuel Woodhead from The Analyst and a transcription of two letters by Leslie Woodhead.