Letter, from Paul Dudley to Reverend [William] Derham, dated at Boston
Reference number: EL/D1/93
Date: 17 April 1735
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Sending a copy of observations of earthquakes in New England, but in particular the one which occurred in October 1727, feeling that the original letter was put to one side, and that only Benjamin Colman's account was read
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- 17 April 1735
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Paul Dudley, Paul Dudley, Letter, from Paul Dudley to Reverend [William] Derham, dated at Boston, 17 April 1735, EL/D1/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d1_93/letter-from-paul-dudley-to-reverend-william-derham-dated-at-boston, accessed on 18 January 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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VII. An account of the several earthquakes which have happen’d in New-England, since the first settlement of the English in that country, especially of the last, which happen'd on Octob. 29, 1727. Communicated to the Royal Society, by Paul Dudley, Esq; F. R. S. in a letter to the secretary External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1735
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0015
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