Letter, from Alex Harrison to the Secretary of the Royal Society, dated at North Petherton near Bridgewater in Somerset

Reference number: EL/H3/97

Date: 17 December 1720

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Account about cedars which have become exposed in marshland near North Petherton, Somerset, due to dry weather
Read to the Royal Society on 22 December 1720

Reference number: EL/H3/97
Earliest possible date: 17 December 1720
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Alexander Harrison

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Alexander Harrison, Letter, from Alex Harrison to the Secretary of the Royal Society, dated at North Petherton near Bridgewater in Somerset, 17 December 1720, EL/H3/97, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_97/letter-from-alex-harrison-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society-dated-at-north-petherton-near-bridgewater-in-somerset, accessed on 18 May 2025

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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 H3
1670-1728 Reference number: EL/H3

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Edmond Halley
Secretary
John Machin
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Dates: 1613 - 1740

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