Pate drum
Open encyclopedia entry

“Pate drum” is catalogued in Crown Archives’ open-reference index. The complete reference text is available from the original source linked below.
“Pate drum” enters the record as open encyclopedia entry. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Pate, drum and encyclopedia can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Pate drum” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Pate, drum and encyclopedia provides the most credible route into that argument.
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Questions for further research
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