Letter, from Benjamin Colman to Reverend White [Kennett], Bishop of Peterborough, dated at Boston

Reference number: EL/C2/78

Date: 05 September 1728

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Observations of an earthquake at Boston, New England
Partly printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 36, no 409, p 124

Reference number: EL/C2/78
Earliest possible date: 05 September 1728
Page extent: 5 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Benjamin Colman

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Benjamin Colman, Letter, from Benjamin Colman to Reverend White [Kennett], Bishop of Peterborough, dated at Boston, 05 September 1728, EL/C2/78, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c2_78/letter-from-benjamin-colman-to-reverend-white-kennett-bishop-of-peterborough-dated-at-boston, accessed on 11 April 2026

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III. Part of a letter from the Reverend Mr. Benjamin Colman, of Boston in New England, to the late Bishop of Peterborough; giving an account of the late earthquake which happened there. Communicated by Dr. Jurin. R. S. S. &c External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1730

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1729.0014

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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 C2
1675-1736 Reference number: EL/C2

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