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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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EL/D1/93
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17 April 1735
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Paul Dudley

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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 11 February 2025

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