Letter, from Paul Dudley to the Secretary of the Royal Society, dated at Roxbury
Reference number: EL/D1/94
Date: 13 November 1727
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Observations of earthquakes in New England, but in particular the one which occurred on 29 October 1727
Notes are added which are the title and footnote in 'Philosophical Transactions'
Note on back of letter states: 'duplicate sent in 1735 of one sent in 1727'
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 39, no 437, p 63
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- EL/D1/94
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- 13 November 1727
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- 15 pages
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Paul Dudley, Paul Dudley, Letter, from Paul Dudley to the Secretary of the Royal Society, dated at Roxbury, 13 November 1727, EL/D1/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d1_94/letter-from-paul-dudley-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society-dated-at-roxbury, accessed on 09 December 2025
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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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