Letter, from R[ichard] Beach to Mr [Samuel] Pepys, dated at Portsmouth

Reference number: EL/B2/36

Date: 24 October 1685

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Autograph letter concerning what happened when a bolt of lightning struck the ship 'Royal James' in Portsmouth
Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1685
Transcribed in LBO/10/92
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 15, no 177, p 1212

Reference number: EL/B2/36
Earliest possible date: 24 October 1685
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript
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Sir; Richard Beach

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Sir; Richard Beach, Letter, from R[ichard] Beach to Mr [Samuel] Pepys, dated at Portsmouth, 24 October 1685, EL/B2/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_36/letter-from-richard-beach-to-mr-samuel-pepys-dated-at-portsmouth, accessed on 14 December 2025

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Some remarkable effects of a great Storm of Thunder and lightning at Portsmouth Oct. 23. 85 External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 1st December 1685

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1685.0073

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters B2
1669-1731 Reference number: EL/B2

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Dates: 1613 - 1740

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